Administrator Guide

Configuring Chargeback Departments
Chargeback uses departments to assign base billing prices to departments and department line items to account for individual
IT‑related expenses. Volumes and volumes folder are assigned to departments for the purpose of charging departments for
storage consumption.
Setting Up Departments
You can add, modify, and delete Chargeback departments as needed.
Add a Department
Add a chargeback department for each organization that you want to bill for storage usage.
Steps
1. Click the Chargeback view.
2. Click the Departments tab.
3. In the Chargeback pane, select Departments.
4. Click Add Department. The Add Department dialog box appears.
Figure 76. Add Department Dialog Box
5. Enter the name of the department in the Name field.
6. Enter the base price for storage in the Base Price field.
7. Enter percentage to apply to the global cost of storage in the Multiplier Percent field.
● To apply a discount to the cost of storage, enter the percentage by which to decrease the global cost and select
Discount from the drop-down menu.
● To apply a premium to the cost of storage, enter the percentage by which to increase the global cost and select
Premium from the drop-down menu.
8. Enter the account number of the department in the Account Number field.
9. Enter the purchasing code of the department in the Account Code field.
10. Enter the name of the department contact in the Contact Name field.
11. Enter the email address of the department contact in the Contact Email field.
12. Enter the phone number of the department contact in the Contact Phone field.
13. Click OK to add the department.
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