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Click Get started, then use Proto to configure Cost Accounting for your business. Start with one organization, one active cost pool, one cost object and a real estimate-to-posting case.

A business partners record identifies the job, product or contract used for the standard estimate and variance comparison.

Cost Accountant creates a standard cost estimates record with standard cost lines for quantity, unit price, cost element and account, then issues the draft through the native action.

Cost Controller reviews a posting in Pending Approval and uses Cost Posting Approval Action. The resulting decision and operation receipt stay with the record.

Variance Analyst checks its linked estimate and actual posting, then uses Variance Release Action on a Scheduled variance.

Operation receipts retains the action, actor, time and result state. Review decisions retains the posting approval decision.

Journal entries belongs to an organization and accounting period. Journal lines carries debit and credit amounts and a ledger account.

Ledger and Reconciliation shows journal, period and reconciliation exceptions still open for review.

Bring organization and pool codes, cost object identifiers, standard rates, accounts, periods and a sample of actual cost documents with their source references.