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'Direct Costs' are costs associated of a project that are not associated with a Purchase Order. Example, labor, materials and fuel are usually considered direct costs.

• You can add direct costs against a budget line item by selecting and clicking on the 'Add Direct Cost' button from the transaction.
  

• Click on the Add direct cost button and add all the relevant inputs for creating  the cost. Clicking on the submit button will create the direct cost record.
  
  

• The direct cost can also be a smart item and can be viewed as additional details by expanding the right pane after selecting the direct cost item as shown below.
  
  

• Once the items is selected you can see all the details of the selected item in the right pane as shown below.