Profit centers are a master data dimension in Lucanet Lease Accounting. You can assign a profit center to a contract component in the General information tab and aggregate the Account balance report by profit center.

A profit center applies either to a specific reporting entity or to all reporting entities. In addition, you can relate a profit center to a cost center.

  • The Profit centers workspace requires the Full access administrator or Settings administrator role (see User Roles).
  • Profit centers are also available if you use Lucanet Lease Accounting integrated with Consolidation & Financial Planning. Because this dimension does not exist there, profit centers are not transferred to Consolidation & Financial Planning.

The Profit centers workspace lists all profit centers in a table and is displayed as follows, for example:

Displays the Profit centers workspace with the table of existing profit centers and the Add profit center button.
The 'Profit centers' workspace

To create a profit center:

1

Navigate to Settings | Profit centers.

2

Click Add profit center. The Add Profit Center dialog is displayed:

Displays the Add Profit Center form with the reporting entity toggle, the reporting entity and related cost center drop-down lists, and the name field.
The 'Add Profit Center' form
3

Specify whether the profit center is related to a reporting entity:

  • If Is the profit center related to a reporting entity? is set to Yes, select the Reporting entity in the drop-down list. By default, the reporting entity you are signed into is selected.
  • If you set the toggle to No, the profit center is available for all reporting entities.
4

If applicable, select a Related cost center. The drop-down list offers the cost centers that are available for all reporting entities as well as the cost centers of the selected reporting entity.

5

Enter the Name of the profit center.

6

Click Save. The profit center is displayed in the Profit centers table and can be assigned to contract components of the corresponding reporting entity.