The Cost Sharing System (CSS) in FinancialLink tracks and reports all formal cost sharing at UCSD.

Check the links below for quick instructions on how to use the system. For more in-depth information, see the cost sharing tutorial.

The primary tasks you perform in the Cost Sharing System are:

• Setting up budgets:
  • How to Establish a Payroll Budget
  • How to Establish a Non-Payroll Budget
  • How to Establish a Budget for Existing Equipment
  • How to Establish a Miscellaneous Budget
• Entering manual transactions:
  • How to Enter Manual Payroll Transactions
  • How to Enter Manual Non-Payroll Transactions
  • How to Enter Manual Existing Equipment Transactions
  • How to Enter Manual Miscellaneous Transactions
• Inactivating or deleting budgets:
  • How to Inactivate or Delete a Payroll Budget
  • How to Inactivate or Delete a Non-Payroll Budget
  • How to Inactivate or Delete a Budget for Existing Equipment
  • How to Inactivate or Delete a Miscellaneous Budget
• Running reports and queries:
  • How to Run a Salary Cost Share Commitment Report
  • How to Run an Awards Under-Cost Shared Report
  • How to Run a Cost Sharing Contribution Report
  • How to Run a View Award Query
  • How to Run a View Budgets Query
  • How to Run a View Transactions Query

If you have questions, e-mail the OPAFS award analyst.