Inactive component values
In the Chart of Accounts application, you can deactivate component values. Inactive components are not available to general ledger accounts that you add to records. General ledger accounts that use an inactive component become inactive also. You can also set component values to expire by a specific date, which renders them inactive.
When you deactivate a general ledger component value, no change is made to the general ledger accounts on existing records that use that value.
Example
A work order uses a cost center component with a value of 6250. You deactivate this cost center. The value is not available to use in new general ledger accounts. All general ledger accounts that use the cost center also become inactive. The existing work order still uses cost center 6250.