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By default, the system allocates the cost of all items in a Shopping Cart to a single cost center selected by you in your User Profile.

Before submitting your Shopping Cart for approval, you can make updates and revisions on the Shopping Cart page. 

The method by which you select a cost distribution, for a Shopping Cart and its contents, may vary between different Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition installations. The appropriate method for your installation is given below.

The method by which you select a cost distribution, for a Shopping Cart and its contents, may vary between different Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition installations using the CDK Flexible UI. The default method is given below. If your installation uses a different method, it is explained in Add-on documentation.

Cost Distribution: Default Method

The default method (used by the Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition standard configuration) for selecting cost distribution is as follows:

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

2. Click next to that item.

3. Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition displays the Item Details page.

4. Click the Item Cost Distribution tab.
   
   Enterprise Buyer 2.0 Desktop Edition displays the Item Details page containing several: 
   
   Total of all allocations (this must be 100%, or you cannot leave this page)
   
   Allocation (in percentage) text boxes 
   
   Cost Center menus

5. Click in the first Allocation (in percentage) text box
   
   The browser displays an |-beam pointer
   

6. Type any percentage (a whole number, between 1% and 100%)..

7. Click , to the left of the Cost Center text box.
   
   The system displays a Large List pop-up window.
   
   
8. Search for and select a Cost Center.
   
   The browser displays the selected cost center and updates the Total text box.
   
   
9. Click in the next Allocation (in percentage) text box.
   
   
10. Repeat steps 5. through 8., until the Total box, olnce again, shows 100%.
    
    
11. Click , to the left of the Cost Center text box. to clear the text box.
    
    
12. 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 Allocations do not total 100%. The system displays an error message and the Cost Distribution page continues to be displayed, so that you can make the correct allocation changes.

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