Cost Accounting Auto Numbering

The Cost Accounting Auto Numbering (AUTOCANO) page allows you to set up records so that the system can automatically generate unique numbers for the Major Program and Program codes when left blank and the Auto Generate option is selected in certain reference pages and transactions in Cost Accounting.

Use of this feature is optional.

Field InformationField Information

Field Name	Description
Cost Accounting COA	A required indication of which chart of account element a numbering record will apply: Major Program or Program.
Department	As each COA numbered is uniquely defined by a Department, so too must each numbering record be defined by Department.
Prefix	Unlike Automatic Transaction Numbering, each cost accounting numbering sequence requires a prefix. That prefix can be up to four characters and numbers in length. Typically prefixes have a meaning such as being tied to grant, project, etc.
Default Prefix	One record on Cost Accounting Auto Numbering can be marked as the default prefix so that if the Prefix field is left blank on a reference page or transaction the default will be pushed there.
Next Available Asset Number	When adding a record, this number is entered to be the first assigned number. If the desire to start numbering at 1, then enter 0 in the field. Depending on the length of the prefix, the first assigned number will be the prefix followed by as many zeros and a 1 to make a number that will fit in the defined length for either COA code.