{"revision":"c10276e953456835cdbb1f3a60d58ae1980be353","document":{"id":26578,"path":"it-business-management/cost-management/c_UseBusinessServicesWithExpenses.md","title":"Use business services with expenses","bundle":null,"doc_type":null,"release":"australia","body":"\n# Use business services with expenses\n\nManage the relationships between business services and their expenses with allocation units and cost centers.\n\n-   **[Define a cost center](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/cost-management/t_DefineACostCenter.md)**  \nCost centers are a commonly used reference between financial systems and IT. Cost center records represent business entities, and have a related list of CI Cost Center Relationships that measure the cost center's consumption of business services.\n-   **[Default allocation rule](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/cost-management/r_DefaultAllocationRule.md)**  \nFor every expense line generated for a business service, the default allocation rule Process Svc-CC Relationships will attempt to process the expense and create allocations for each cost center that is consuming the service.\n-   **[Define an allocation unit](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/cost-management/t_DefineAnAllocationUnit.md)**  \nAllocation unit records define the capacity and usage of a business service.\n\n**Parent Topic:**[Cost Management](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-business-management/cost-management/r_CostManagement.md)\n\n"}}