{"id":153497,"date":"2026-10-26T13:04:17","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/faq\/%d9%85%d9%86-%d9%8a%d9%85%d9%84%d9%83-%d8%b5%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ad%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa%d8%b9%d8%af%d9%8a%d9%84-%d8%a5%d8%b9%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%af%d8%a7%d8%aa-%d8%a5%d9%84%d8%b2%d8%a7%d9%85%d9%8a%d8%a9-%d8%aa\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T13:05:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T13:05:58","slug":"who-can-change-the-cost-center-requirement-settings","status":"publish","type":"faq","link":"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/who-can-change-the-cost-center-requirement-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Who Can Change the Cost Center Requirement Settings?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;line-height:1.9;font-size:16px;color:#1f2430;\">The account owner and employees with the <strong style=\"color:#111827;\">Edit General Settings<\/strong> permission can change the <strong style=\"color:#111827;\">Require Cost Centers on Manual Journals<\/strong> option and select the required accounts. This option doesn&#8217;t have its own permission; it&#8217;s part of the <a style=\"color:#1a56db;\" href=\"https:\/\/go.daftra.com\/owner\/settings\/accounting_general\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"color:#1a56db;\">General Accounting Settings<\/strong><\/a> page, which requires this permission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;line-height:1.9;font-size:16px;color:#1f2430;\">For an employee without the permission:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin:0 0 16px;padding-left:26px;\">\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.9;font-size:16px;color:#1f2430;\">The <strong style=\"color:#111827;\">General Accounting Settings<\/strong> card doesn&#8217;t appear on the <a style=\"color:#1a56db;\" href=\"https:\/\/go.daftra.com\/v2\/owner\/accounting\/settings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"color:#1a56db;\">Accounting Settings<\/strong><\/a> page.<\/li>\n<li style=\"margin-bottom:10px;line-height:1.9;font-size:16px;color:#1f2430;\">They must still distribute the selected accounts to cost centers when creating or editing manual journals, but they can&#8217;t change the setting itself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"margin:0 0 14px;line-height:1.9;font-size:16px;color:#1f2430;\">To give an employee the permission, add <strong style=\"color:#111827;\">Edit General Settings<\/strong> to their role from <a style=\"color:#1a56db;\" href=\"https:\/\/go.daftra.com\/owner\/roles\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong style=\"color:#1a56db;\">Manage Employee Roles<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:10px;background:#f6f8fb;border-left:4px solid #1a56db;border-radius:6px;padding:14px 16px;margin:0 0 18px;\"><span style=\"flex:0 0 auto;font-size:18px;line-height:1.6;\">&#128712;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin:0;line-height:1.9;font-size:16px;color:#1f2430;\"><strong style=\"color:#111827;\">Note:<\/strong> The Edit General Settings permission also allows editing other settings in the system, so give it only to employees responsible for accounting settings.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"template":"","categories":[2109,2178,2110],"tags":[21487,25599,25591,3999,15894,16933,5161,4664,25658,25659,25592,8218,25590,25589,25619,25660,25657],"class_list":["post-153497","faq","type-faq","status-publish","hentry","category-general-accounting","category-manage-stocktakings","category-accounting-settings","tag-account-owner","tag-accounting-control","tag-cost-center-distribution-rules","tag-cost-centers","tag-edit-general-settings-permission","tag-employee-permissions","tag-employee-roles","tag-general-accounting-settings","tag-granting-permissions","tag-how-do-i-give-an-employee-permission-to-change-cost-center-settings","tag-manage-accounts","tag-manage-employee-roles","tag-manual-journals","tag-require-cost-center-distribution","tag-required-accounts","tag-why-dont-i-see-the-general-accounting-settings-card","tag-you-are-not-allowed-to-view-this-page"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Who Can Change the Cost Center Requirement Settings? - Daftra Knowledge Base<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.daftra.com\/en\/faq\/who-can-change-the-cost-center-requirement-settings\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Who Can Change the Cost Center Requirement Settings? - Daftra Knowledge Base\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The account owner and employees with the Edit General Settings permission can change the Require Cost Centers on Manual Journals option and select the required accounts. 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