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# 03 Create Cost centres

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It is obligatory to create at least ONE cost centre

1. In the **Actions** menu, open **Corporation configuration**
2. Open **Cost centres** tab
3. Hit the **+** button in the upper right-hand corner to create a new cost centre
4. Enter the name which is the only mandatory field
5. You may define the rest of the information (optional)
6. Save

**Description** serves for additional information, the information provided here is for your reference only and does not appear anywhere else.

You can assign **Travel policy** to the cost centre if that is a requirement.

In **Managers** drop-down menu, you can assign one or more managers to the cost centre. Fill this in if you set approval configuration to ‘Manager to Cost Center’, otherwise leave blank. 

{% hint style="info" %}
This step must be done after you finish creating user profiles at the end of the process**.**
{% endhint %}