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Purpose

The Billing Costs module provides access to any Field Costs transactions that have been logged. Cost transactions (Field, Lab) can be added manually or automatically as a result of completing a certain Field/Lab activity (i.e. retrieving specimens in field, completing a gradation test in the lab).

Adding A Billing Cost

Click the Add Cost button to add a field cost transaction manually.

Field	Description
Work Item	High-level type of field work being completed Configured in Administration module
Cost Type	High-level type of cost Configured in Administration module
Date	Date of the cost transaction
Cost Unit	Type of unit the cost is based on (set, test, sample, hours, trips, etc.) Configured in Administration module
Unit Cost	Cost per each unit
Units	Number of units for the cost (i.e. 2 hours, 1 trip, 5 sets, etc.)
Total Cost	Calculation = Unit Cost * Units
Lab	Lab the field cost should be attributed to, if applicable (optional)
Cost Note	Notes pertaining to the cost transaction

Approving Billing Cost Transactions

Approving billing cost transactions is optional. If desired in your workflow, click the Approve Cost button to approved marked cost transactions.

Viewing Cost Relationships

If a cost transaction was created automatically from a Field/Lab activity, you can see the relationship that cost transaction has to the related field activities. Clicking the arrow icon in the resulting pop up will bring you to the related field activity in the respective QC module.