Model Cost Centres

Fellow JDEList Members,

I have a situation where we need more than one Model Cost Centre (Model flag is column F0006.MCFMOD) per Cost Centre Type (column F0006.MCSTYL). However, the system allows only one. This constraint is imposed by the Cost Centres by Company application (P0006) when adding a Cost Centre, which produces an error (Error ID: 3934) (Error Description: Combination of Fields Invalid).

At the moment our model Cost Centres are not identified in any way, except that most are outside the normal range of active Cost Centres. As our system grows, adding more companies etc., I need to be able to identify the model Cost Centres and was hoping to use the model flag (F0006.MCFMOD).

Has anyone overcome this problem or have any suggestions how to accomplish this?

Fellow JDEList Members,

Here is what we will do. We will mark the Model Cost Centre as non posting using F0006.MCPECC. It is not an ideal solution, but it will prevent transactions being posted to models. It also does not involve a modification or use one of the remaining unused Cost Centre category/reporting codes.

Here are other solutions we considered:

1) Modify the standard P0006 to allow multiple instances of Cost Centre Type and Cost Centre Model Flag.

2) Clone P0006 and modify it to allow multiple instances of Cost Centre Type and Cost Centre Model Flag. Then use the clone to enter Model Cost Centres.

3) Use a Cost Centre category/reporting code.