Department

Use the Department command to maintain a table of department descriptions that you can assign to job records. Departments are used to provide the basis of the Department Summary report available on the Reports menu. Each department record is identified by a unique reference of up to four characters. You assign a department to a job record by selecting the reference in the Department list box on the Job Processing form.

The term 'department' can be changed. You can use alternative names by changing the entry in the Department Description box on the System Preferences form in System Manager. References to 'departments' in this and other topics within the documentation assume the use of the default setting.

If you have more than one company database and departments are already defined in another company, you can copy them to the current company using the Copy data button on the toolbar.

Department Entries