COSTCTR: Cost Centre
The COSTCTR entity stores cost centres. Organisational cost centre for financial allocation of assets and expenditure.
Default definition. This article describes the default
COSTCTR definition shipped with DemandFlow. Administrators can add, remove, rename, or re-type fields, change which ones are required, and alter the layout from the Definitions screen in Settings. Your tenant's current schema may differ from what is shown here. To read the current definition at any time, GET the DEFINITION object whose id matches COSTCTR.Entity properties
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Entity code | COSTCTR |
| Display name | Cost Centre |
| Plural | Cost Centres |
| Level | 60100 |
Use cases
COSTCTR is a shared financial lookup entity referenced by ITASSET, COMPINV, FINASSET, and COMP. It provides a controlled list of organisational cost centres for allocating asset costs.
Fields
Cost Centre
| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
name | text | Yes | Cost Centre Name |
code | text | Yes | Cost Centre Code |
description | text (multi-line) | Description |
Details
| Field | Type | Required | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
department | reference → DEPT | Department | |
owner | reference → user | Owner | |
active | enum | Yes | Active. Valid ids: 1 (Yes), 0 (No). |
Relationships
- Lookups:
departmentpoints at aDEPTrecord.
Creating a Cost Centre via the API
POST /v1/objects
Authorization: Bearer <your-pat>
Content-Type: application/json
{
"entity": "COSTCTR",
"level": 60100,
"comboKey": "SUB:<your-sub-id>|ENT:",
"name": "Example value",
"code": "Example value",
"active": "1",
"description": "Example value"
}Listing Cost Centres
GET /v1/entities/COSTCTR/SUB