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In the configuration that you are using, you assign cost allocation to a Shopping Cart and its contents by:

1. Selecting an assigned account.
   
   
2. Allocating a percentage of the cost to that account.
   
   
3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 until the allocated percentages total 100%. 
   
   
4. Save the cost allocation.

Before allocating cost distribution to a Shopping Cart, you must first perform Account Assignment for all accounts to be used in the allocation.

Item Cost Allocation 

To assign  cost allocation:

1. Find the item in the Shopping Cart for which you want to adjust the cost distribution.

2. Click next to that item.

3. The browser displays the Item Details page.

4. Click the Item Cost Distribution tab.
   
   The system displays the Item Cost Distribution page showing item information, and:

   Total	of all allocations made, which must equal 100% before you may save the cost allocation and exit the page.
   For each account currently assigned to the Buying Organization:
   Allocation	%	percentage to each assigned account (initially zero).
   		click to change or edit the assigned account.
   		click to delete the assigned account.
   Add Account Assignment  click to assign a new account to the item.

   
   

5. Click in any Allocation text box.
   
   The browser displays an |-beam pointer
   

6. Type any percentage (a whole number, between 1% and 100%) and [Enter].
   
   The system updates the total percentage in the Total box.

7. Click: 
   

• [Save] to save the new Cost Distribution and return to the Shopping Cart page, or
  
  
• [Cancel] to discard the Cost Distribution changes and return to the Shopping Cart page. 

If the Total allocation does not equal 100%. The system displays an error message and the Cost Distribution page continues to be displayed, so that you can make necessary allocation changes.

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