Cannot create cost centres

ERPNext Accounting
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Whenever I try to create a parent cost centre or cost centre in ERPNext, it brings back the following error:
Could not find Parent Cost Center: Cost Centers

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Need your advice please?

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Maybe you are trying to add at top node i.e. Cost Centers?
CCs can be added to any of the company either it is a group or child. Click on Company Name then try to add the same.

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Yes, ā€œCost Centersā€ is just a label, its not a parent cost center, under which you can add a child.

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So how do I create a parent cost center because it seems I donā€™t have one.

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Whenever I try to add, they ask for a parent cost center which I donā€™t have.

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Why you donā€™t have any? Have you deleted all cost centers?

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I just edited the chart of accounts, hadnā€™t touched the cost centers until I was entering expenses and I had to attach a cost center.
Donā€™t know why the main cost center is missing.

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Try to save the company record and then check again.

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Wow!!..Thanks a lot Nabin. Tried saving the Company record and now am seeing group Cost Center: Gagawala Graphics and Main. Thanks a lot.

Now, am wondering whether Deductions/Looses in the Payment Entry to carter for Costs associated with a specific sale.

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It is to book any kind of deductions / losses while doing payment. For example, exchange gain/loss, some discount on above a amount of sale, tax deductions at source etc.

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I tried to save Company record but the main cost center not come back.

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If there are no cost centers exists, then only saving company creates a defautl cost center called ā€œMainā€. Otherwise, you have to create the cost center from Chart of Cost Centers page.

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I have few cost center which not appear in Chart of Cost Centers page. And I cannot create new cost center in Chart of Cost Centers page as It needs parent which itā€™s gone. I can only create new cost center in company edit page, but once it created it never appears in Chart of Cost Centers page.

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Go to List view of cost centers using URL (#List/Cost Center) and open the root cost center (for which no parent CC exists). Check the company of the root CC.

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Thereā€™s no cost center but in database has. I have removed cost center from db and update company record, main cost was create automatically. But when submit all salary slip, itā€™s error : Journal Entry JV-00001: Cost Center is required for ā€˜Profit and Lossā€™ account 8001013 - Dummy - HRCAMā€¦