{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":32762,"path":"it-service-management/expense-line/c_ExpenseLinesAndAllocations.md","title":"Expense lines and expense allocations","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Expense lines and expense allocations\n\nThe Expense lines application tracks costs and record expenses incurred. Expense allocations let you associate expenses with items such as users, groups, or departments.\n\nExpense lines are a key component of cost management because they can be generated from any application and are used to allocate expenses to business entities. Expense lines can be created manually or generated automatically when costs are created by scheduled processing.\n\nUsers with the financial\\_mgmt\\_admin and financial\\_mgmt\\_user roles can work with expense lines and expense allocation rules.\n\nTo use expense allocation rules, activate the [Cost Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/it-business-management/r_CostManagement.md) application.\n\n-   **[Create an allocation rule](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/expense-line/t_CreateAnAllocationRule.md)**  \nExpense allocation rules enable you to associate expenses with an item, such as a user, group, or department.\n-   **[Automatic expense line creation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/expense-line/c_CreateExpenseLinesAutomatically.md)**  \nYou can automatically create expense lines to facilitate the accurate reporting of expenses.\n-   **[Create expense lines manually](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/expense-line/t_CreateExpenseLinesManually.md)**  \nYou can create expense lines at a single level or in a hierarchy to better organize expense information.\n-   **[Delete an expense line](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/expense-line/t_DeleteAnExpenseLine.md)**  \nDeleting an expense line also deletes all expense allocations that were generated from the expense line.\n-   **[Create a sample allocation rule](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/expense-line/t_SampleAllocationRule.md)**  \nYou can create a sample expense allocation rule that allocates the cost of an incident to the department of the caller.\n-   **[Use a scripted allocation](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/expense-line/t_UseAScriptedAllocation.md)**  \nScripted allocations define custom allocation amounts and targets by executing a script.\n\n**Parent Topic:**[Expense Line](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-service-management/expense-line/c_ExpenseLine.md)\n\n**Related topics**  \n\n\n[Components installed with Expense Line]()\n\n[View an expense]()\n\n[Domain separation and Expense Line]()\n\n"}}