Creating business units within a company

Activity overview

Glossary

Basics of using a Ramco iEnterprise Series 4.0 web page

Using Online Help

This page allows you to create business units for a company. You can enter a unique code and description identifying the business unit. The business unit must be unique across the Ramco Enterprise Series installations. You can also define the address for the business unit. Help facility is available for retrieving the address details. The system stores the login ID of the user and the system date along with the newly created business unit details..

The “Create Business Units” page appears.

Company Code

Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the company for which you want to business units. All the companies that have been created and that are in the “Active” status will be available for selection in the ascending order.

The system displays the following in the  “Business Unit within a Company” group box:

Company Name

The name of the company.

Effective Date

The date from which the business unit is effective (Date Format). The date entered in this field must be before the system date. The date entered in this field must also be after the date on which the company was registered.

Business Unit

A unique code identifying a business unit (Alphanumeric, 20). Mandatory. This business unit must be unique across the "Ramco Enterprise Series" installation.

Business Unit Name

A unique name identifying the business unit (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory.

Address Id

The code identifying the address in which the business unit is located (Alphanumeric, 12). This address ID must have been defined in the “Maintain Address Details” activity of this business component and must be in “Active” status.

 

Press <Enter> key.

 

The system retrieves the description of the address ID in the respective field.

 

Help facility available

Note: The address ID entered here must be unique to the business unit.

The system displays the following in the multiline:

Desc.

A textual description of the address.

The system saves the details of the business unit along with the company. The system also stores the login ID of the user and the system date along with the creation details.

The system displays the following:

Created By

The login ID of the user who has created the business unit.

Created Date

The date on which the business unit was created.

To proceed, carry out the following