Define a cost model statement item

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated June 16, 2026
  • 2 minutes to read

    • The cost of the item or service is derived from the allocation lines of financial modeling application. The statement item captures the cost from the segment accounts, specific accounts in a segment, or buckets in an account, which gives you the cost of the statement item for a fiscal period.

    Before you begin

    Role required: service_charging_analyst
    Important:

    This feature is available only when you own an ITBM Analyst license.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Financial Charging > Administration > Statement Items.
    2. Click New in the Statement Items list.
    3. Click Cost Model Statement Item link in the What type of Statement Item? query form.
    4. Fill in the form fields.
      Table 1. Cost Model Statement Item form
      Field Description
      Name Name of the cost model statement item.
      Cost model The cost model used in the Financial Modeling application from which the cost data are retrieved for the statement item.
      Unit cost metric Calculates unit cost based on the weighted metric.
      Segment Segment for which cost is to be reported.
      Active Enable the check box to make the cost model statement item active.
      Business service Business service that uses the statement item as a configured item.

      You can also define a service.
      Fiscal unit Defines the fiscal unit to be a month, quarter, or a period.

      Defaults based on the selected cost model.
      Transactional table Name of the transactional table that the segment refers to.

      Defaults based on the selected segment.
      Description Short description of the statement item.
      Table 2. Filter Criteria section of the Cost Model Statement Item form
      Field Description
      Segment accounts filter Filter conditions to report on the segment accounts that meet your conditions.
      Buckets Filter Filter condition to the buckets that allocate expenses to the accounts in the segment.
      Table 3. Sub Segment section of the Cost Model Statement Item form
      Field Description
      Sub Segment Secondary segment for the segment you selected.

      Sub segments are segments under the selected segment in the cost model hierarchy.
      Transactional table Name of the transactional table that the sub segment refers to.

      Defaults based on the selected sub segment.
      Sub Accounts Filter Filter conditions to report on the segment accounts that meet your conditions.
      Table 4. Service Charging section of the Cost Model Statement Item form
      Field Description
      Service owner User who owns the service and who views the consumption statement items.

      As a service charging owner, you can manage the showback items. You can view the unit cost, cost recovery based on consumption, and set unit price, discount, or surcharge to the showback item.
      Pricing policy Pricing policy can be set for the statement item at any of the following levels:
      • Statement item level: The price adjustment that you do in the console reflects at the statement item level.
      • Statement item breakdown level: Reflects the adjusted price at the statement item breakdown level.
      • Account level: The adjusted price is reflected at the account level in the expense lines.
      Pricing policy method Price adjustment based on a percentage of the average unit cost of the segment account. Or, overriding the average unit cost by unit price pricing policy method.
      Note:
      If the pricing policy is at account level, then you can opt for percentage based pricing policy method.
    5. Click Submit.
    6. To generate charge lines for the cost model statement item, click Generate Charge Lines.
      1. To generate the charge lines, enter the fiscal period in the Generate charge lines dialog box.
      2. Click OK.

        The statement lines generated for showback are extension of the expense lines.

    7. To save the updated record, click Update.
    8. To delete a record, click Delete.

    What to do next

    To create breakdown records for the cost model statement item, click New in the Cost Model Breakdowns related list.