Available in Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher.

Change a Cost Code ID

Use this procedure to change an existing cost code ID.

Click the Jobs navigation aid on the Customers & Sales Navigation Center and select View and Edit Cost Codes.
Select the cost code you want to change and click Open.
Click the Change ID button.
Enter the new ID that you want to use instead of the current ID.
When you are finished, select OK to change the ID and return to the Maintain Cost Codes window.

When you change a cost code ID, all data records and transactions associated with this cost code will change to reflect the new ID. This includes both current and past transactions.

Note: The ability to change cost code IDs is useful because they are often complex, reflecting information such as job phase and item used (for example, equipment or material), as well as a number for the specific item. As you work on a job, you might want to change the structure of the cost codes you use, either to add or subtract layers of information or to reflect another type of information altogether. See an example of how cost codes can be used to track items used on a job.

What do you want to do next?

Set up a job
Set up job cost codes (Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher)
Set up job phases(Sage 50 Premium Accounting and higher)
Perform other job costing tasks
Read the job costing overview