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title: Time and costs
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priority: 680
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description: Define cost types and change the currency in OpenProject.
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robots: index, follow
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keywords: cost type, currency, time and costs, budget
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# Time and costs
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You can configure costs in OpenProject and create cost types to track unit costs. Also, you can configure the currency you want to use for your cost reports.
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Navigate to -> *Administration* -> *Time and costs*.
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## Settings
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Navigate to -> *Administration* -> *Time and costs* -> *Settings* to define settings for OpenProject costs.
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1. Configure the **currency used in the system, e.g. EUR**.
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2. **Specify the format of the currency**, if the number should be before or after the currency, e.g. 10 EUR, or $ 10.
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3. Press the blue **Apply** button to save your changes.
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## Create and manage cost types
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You can create and manage **cost types** to [book unit costs to work packages in OpenProject](../../user-guide/time-and-costs/cost-tracking/).
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Navigate to -> *Administration* -> *Time and costs* -> *Cost types* to create and manage unit costs types.
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Click the green **+ Cost type** button to create a new cost type.
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You can set the following options:
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1. Enter a **name** for the cost type.
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2. Define the **unit name** for this cost type, e.g. Euro, piece, day, etc.
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3. Set the **pluralized unit name**, e.g. Euros, pieces, days, etc.
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4. Choose if the cost type should be the **default cost type** when booking new unit costs.
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5. Define the Rate history and **set a date** from which this cost type should be valid and **set a rate** (in the specified unit) for this date.
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6. With the + icon you can add **additional rates for other dates**.
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7. The delete icon will **remove a rate** for a certain date.
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8. Do not forget to **save** your changes.
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In the overview list of all cost types you can define the following.
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1. **Filter for cost types at a certain fixed date** in the list
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2. Choose whether also locked cost types should be displayed
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3. Press the blue **apply** button: This way you will get the cost types with the rate (at the chosen fixed date) displayed in the list below.
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4. Click on the name of a cost type to **edit an existing cost type**.
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5. **Set a current rate** (for the current valid from period) and press the save icon to apply it.
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6. **Lock** a cost type.
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<div class="alert alert-info" role="alert">
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**Note**: With cost types you can also book any kind of units to work packages, e.g. vacation days, leaves, travel days, etc.. Just choose 1 as a unit. This way, you could e.g. track vacation days against a vacation budget and evaluate the days in the [cost reporting](../../user-guide/time-and-costs/reporting/).
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