Allocate expenses using service offering allocation map
You can allocate expenses based on the actual consumption of services offered using the weighted method. In the weighted rollup method the metric weights the amount by the account values. Use the service offering allocation maps table to store your actual consumption data of the cost for service offerings.
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Role required: cost_transparency_analyst
About this task
Although the base system provides you with the default Equal method to roll up the expenses from the IT Shared Services segment to the Service Offering segment, you can also opt for Weighted rollup method. In this method, the expenses from the IT shared service segment are allocated to the service offering segment based on the consumption data that you have stored or entered in the Service Offering Allocation Map [itfm_service_offering_allocation_map] table. In this case, the expense is allocated based on the weightage of consumption. Therefore, cost is divided using Allocate to Service Offering on Allocation Maps metric and the Service Offering Allocation Map table that has the consumption data is used to weight the metric.