Cost Center Maintenance

To request new cost centers or to change/inactivate existing cost centers, please use the Cost Center Request form in PeopleSoft.  This form can be accessed via the Galaxy portal, through Gemini > Gemini for Departments > Forms > Cost Centers > Cost Center Request. 

For instructions to complete the form, please refer to the Cost Center Request Detail Guide.

Resources / Documents

• Cost Center Naming Standards reference document for naming standards of cost centers.
• External Sales Request Form required as attachment when requesting an external sales cost center.

Contacts

• Accounting and Financial Reporting (General Questions) – reporting@utdallas.edu or 972-883-2352
• Accounting and Financial Reporting (Plant Accounting) – Lynette Lin or 972-883-4944
• OPM (Office of Post Award Management) – opm@utdallas.edu or 972-883-4570
• Receivables and Sponsored Accounting (Grant Closeouts) – Chantele Bell or 972-883-2677
• System Administration – systemadministration@utdallas.edu or 972-883-4757

JIRA is used to request enhancements, PeopleSoft cost center and role access, as well as report business system issues. Access to JIRA is obtained through an (eCAT) electronic computer access ticket.

A link to the JIRA Project Tracking system can be found in the Galaxy portal under “Toolbox” or here: https://jira.utdallas.edu/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa

Your NetID and password is required to log in.

Approval from Trusted Approvers is required to process a JIRA request. 

Follow the steps in the JIRA Request Quick Guide  to submit service requests, including requesting access to a cost center.