A cost center is an area or department within an organization that is generally represented by a unique identifier to which business expenses are allocated. If there is a cost required to deliver the data to a Data User or if the there is a cost required to create the data collection that was requested by a Data User, the cost can be charged to the cost center of the Data User.
You can add the cost centers that are defined in your organization to Data Marketplace. You can perform this task in the Configuration tab on the Setup page. For more information about how you can enable cost centers in Data Marketplace, see Enabling cost centers.
The following image shows the Configuration tab on the Setup page:
Examples of cost centers
Cost center in orders
After a Data User's order is approved, a stakeholder of the data collection must deliver the data to the Data User. To deliver the data, if the stakeholder uses a proprietary SFTP solution that requires new users to be licensed, the cost associated with assigning a license to the Data User should be allocated to the cost center value that the Data User entered when they placed the order in Data Marketplace.
Cost center in data collection requests
After a Data User submits a data collection request, a stakeholder of the category or data collection must create the new data collection that was requested by the Data User. If additional storage space is required to create a new data collection, the cost associated with provisioning the additional storage space should be allocated to the cost center value that the Data User entered when they placed the order in Data Marketplace.
Enabling cost centers
You can add cost center as an additional field to the order checkout process to track the costs associated with provisioning the data to a Data User.
To perform this task, verify the following prerequisites:
•Your user profile is assigned one of the following roles:
- Technical Administrator
- Data Marketplace Administrator
•Your user profile is assigned a role for which the View Set up Page and Configure and Manage Data Marketplace privileges are enabled in Administrator.
1Open the Setup page.
2In the Cost Center section on the Setup > Configuration tab, click the On toggle to add Cost Center as a configurable field to the Order Checkout and the Request New Data Collection wizards.
3If you want to ensure that the Data Users specify their cost center at the time of request or order, click the Mandatory toggle.
You can now add the cost centers that are defined in your organization to Data Marketplace. For more information about how you can add cost centers to Data Marketplace, see Adding cost centers.
Adding cost centers
You can add the cost centers that are defined in your organization to Data Marketplace.
To perform this task, verify the following prerequisites:
•Your user profile is assigned one of the following roles:
- Technical Administrator
- Data Marketplace Administrator
•Your user profile is assigned a role for which the following privileges and permissions are enabled:
- Access Data Marketplace and View Set up Page privileges are enabled in Administrator.
- Create and Read permissions are enabled in Metadata Command Center for cost centers.
1Open the Setup page.
2In the Cost Center section on the Setup > Configuration tab, click Add.
3In the Add Cost Center dialog box, configure the cost center properties.
The following table describes the properties of the cost center that you can configure in the Add Cost Center dialog box:
Property
Description
Cost Center
Enter a cost center defined in your organization
Description
Enter a description for the cost center.
Ensure that the description that you enter helps Data Users to identify their respective cost centers when they order a collection or request a new collection.
4Click Save.
You can also modify the cost centers that you have created. For more information about how you can modify a cost center, see Modifying cost centers.
Modifying cost centers
When the cost center definitions in your organizations get revised, you can modify the cost centers that already exist in Data Marketplace.
To perform this task, verify the following prerequisites:
•Your user profile is assigned one of the following roles:
- Technical Administrator
- Data Marketplace Administrator
•Your user profile is assigned a role for which the following privileges and permissions are enabled:
- Access Data Marketplace and View Set up Page privileges are enabled in Administrator.
- Read and Update permissions are enabled in Metadata Command Center for cost centers.
1Open the Setup page.
2In the Cost Center section on the Setup > Configuration tab, click the Action menu icon next to the cost center that you want to modify.
3In the Edit Cost Center dialog box, configure the cost center properties.
The following table describes the properties of the cost center that you can configure in the Edit Cost Center dialog box:
Property
Description
Cost Center
Enter a cost center defined in your organization
Description
Enter a description for the cost center.
Ensure that the description that you enter helps Data Users to identify their respective cost centers when they order a collection or request a new collection.
