Org Parameters - Project Cost Collection Enabled

Hi Experts,
I would like to uncheck the Project Cost Collection Enabled for an Organization. This Organization is PJM enabled. However, it has no project related transaction getting created.
Can we uncheck that? Let me know your views on the impacts of doing this.
Regards,
Viswanadh N

Hi one more question
(1) the responsibility from which the cost collector is being launched
is pointing to the operating unit that owns the records to be
processed. Projects are setup by operating unit (not by organization).
how to define oracle responsibility pointing to the operating unit
Please on this ....am not able to find

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