Glossary
Cost Centre
Every organizational unit at ETH has its own
cost center which is a five-digit number. The numbers for the
D-INFK can be looked up
here.
ITCs should best remember the number for their group.
In the
ETH user name database the
cost centre of the affiliated organizational unit of each user can be looked up. This information is used for a number of automation processes:
- user account management
- IT shop
- access to private VPN realm
Organizational Unit (OU)
Each research group is considered an
organizational unit (
OU) which has independent IT resources. Your
OU is relevant for many aspects of the IT management of your group:
- user accounts
- storage
- version control
Please find more details on your OU
here.
Funds Number
A funds number is an account number for the ETH finance system. Your professor has at least one funds used to pay for various things:
- IT shop purchases
- hardware
Ask your administrative assistant for details on which fund to use for purchases.
