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Browse on Elements

You use this program to view a list of cost elements for a shipment in the Landed Cost Tracking system.

Listview columns

Column Description
Element This indicates the code of the cost element.
Description This indicates the description assigned to the cost element.
Supplier This indicates the code of the supplier who provides you with the service represented by the cost element.
Expected rate This indicates the rate that can be used to calculate the expected cost of the service represented by the cost element.
Rate description This indicates a description for the expected rate (e.g. $ per kilogram).
Currency This indicates the currency in which the supplier will charge you for services, which is also the currency for the expected rate.
Apportionment method/code

The Apportionment method indicates the basis (e.g. weight, value, volume, etc.) according to which the invoice amount is allocated to each line of the purchase order included in the shipment.

The Apportionment code indicates the calculation code to use to apportion the invoice amount.

Sequence

This indicates the sequence number that will be used to sort cost element codes.

This defaults to the number 10 and is only used to sequence cost elements for reporting/query purposes.

Ledger code This indicates the ledger account to which postings are made for each cost element when receiving a shipment into stock. If blank, then the credit amount is posted to the Non-stocked control account (General Ledger Integration - Inventory tab).
Fixed cost This indicates whether a fixed cost is assigned to the element.

Notes and warnings

Restricted maintenance

  • You cannot maintain information displayed in this list view if access to the program is set to Browse only but access to the corresponding maintenance program is not allowed (see Security Access).