Page 1105 "Cost Allocation"

Base Application · Microsoft.CostAccounting.Allocation · BC23-30 · source at ea08af5e · facts from BC29

Properties

Property	Value
Caption	Cost Allocation
SourceTable	Cost Allocation Source
PageType	Document

Fields on this page

Layout controls in source order, grouped by the container they sit in. Shows: the table field a control is bound to (or its expression as written); ToolTip: the control’s own, else the bound field’s (marked).

Group	Control	Shows	ToolTip
General	ID	ID	Specifies the ID that applies to the cost allocation.
	Level	Level	Specifies by which level the cost allocation posting is done. For example, this makes sure that costs are allocated at level 1 from the ADM cost center to the WORKSHOP and PROD cost centers, before they are allocated at level 2 from the PROD cost center to the FURNITURE, CHAIRS, and PAINT cost objec…
	Valid From	Valid From	Specifies the date when the cost allocation starts.
	Valid To	Valid To	Specifies the date that the cost allocation ends.
	Variant	Variant	Specifies the variant of the cost allocation.
	Cost Type Range	Cost Type Range	Specifies a cost type range to define which cost types are allocated. If all costs that are incurred by the cost center are allocated, you do not have to set a cost type range.
	Cost Center Code	Cost Center Code	Specifies the cost center code. The code serves as a default value for cost posting that is captured later in the cost journal.
	Cost Object Code	Cost Object Code	Specifies the cost object code. The code serves as a default value for cost posting that is captured later in the cost journal.
	Credit to Cost Type	Credit to Cost Type	Specifies the cost type to which the credit posting is posted. The costs that are allocated are credited to the source cost center. It is useful to set up a helping cost type to later identify the allocation postings in the statistics and reports.
	Blocked	Blocked	Specifies that the related record is blocked from being posted in transactions, for example a customer that is declared insolvent or an item that is placed in quarantine.
Content	AllocTarget	part Page 1106 “Cost Allocation Target”	—
Statistics	Allocation Source Type	Allocation Source Type	Specifies if the allocation comes from both budgeted and actual costs, only budgeted costs, or only actual costs.
	Last Date Modified	Last Date Modified	Specifies when the cost allocation was last modified.
	User ID	User ID	Specifies the ID of the user who posted the entry, to be used, for example, in the change log.
	Comment	Comment	Specifies a comment that applies to the cost allocation.
	Total Share	Total Share	Specifies the sum of the shares allocated.

Actions

Group	Action	ToolTip	Runs
Allocation	Cost Entries	View cost entries, which can come from sources such as automatic transfer of general ledger entries to cost entries, manual posting for pure cost entries, internal charges, and manual allocations, and automatic allocation postings for actual costs.	Page 1103 “Cost Entries”
Functions	Calculate Allocation Key	Recalculate the dynamic shares of the allocation key.
Reporting	Allocations	—	Report 1129 “Cost Allocations”

Relations

source table Table 1106 “Cost Allocation Source”

Pages and codeunits on this table

Page 1102 “Cost Allocation Sources” (card page)

Recent changes

2026-08-04 #9545 636017 Move Cost Accounting report action tooltips to report objects (main, BC30, refactor)

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Source: AL metadata extracted from the code (names, ids, signatures, properties); no code bodies (D10).

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Procedure bodies are not stored here (D10). For a procedure body or the calls of one procedure, ask bc-code-atlas (external, by Stefan Maron, MIT; default corpus w1-28), which the bc-observatory plugin connects: bcatlas_resolve_node(object_type: "page", object_name: "Cost Allocation"), then bcatlas_get_procedure_body or bcatlas_get_neighbors on the returned id.