NDBEDP Centralized Database User Guide

Mass Costs

Mass Costs lets users quickly add costs to multiple items that do not yet have a cost assigned. This makes it possible to enter items in real time with a cost of $0 and update the actual costs later when they are available.

Mass Costs can be used to apply an hourly rate, divide a total cost across multiple items, calculate costs based on total hours, or assign the same cost to multiple items at once. This feature is useful for allocating flat-rate costs, distributing a percentage of a salary, or updating service costs that are not finalized until the end of the month.

A line item will only show up as Mass Costs and be searchable if it is entered with a cost of $0 unless the Only Include Zero Costs toggle under Advanced Options is toggled off.