About General Ledger Departments
You can set up to 70 item departments per general ledger number for Salesperson, Credits and Costs. You do this using the G/L Departments window. If you set up general ledger numbers in this window, it overrides the G/L number set up in the (L2) G/L Master Numbers screen.
Note: This feature is not included in all software packages and may require authorization. For more information, contact ECI sales.
When setting up G/L Departments for the first time, you must enter a default department with an * (asterisk) in the Dept box.
If you assign an item department its own general ledger account number in this dialog box, the system gives the item department its own group letter A, B, C, and so on. Departments can be numbered 1 - 9, A - z. This breakdown allows you to easily analyze a customer's buying patterns. The system searches the upper case letters first, then lower case.
This window works with Salesperson History. You can set up item departments for which to view group sales history in the Salesperson History window. For more information, see Viewing Salesperson History.
You also use these parameters for setting up responsibility centers. You must set up general ledger departments for your responsibility centers. The new cost centers (responsibility centers) let you view or report information about this cost center over multiple locations. The cost centers can also be set by item. In this window, you set up type codes. Type codes allow you to group item departments so that you can limit by business types in the General Ledger Responsibility Center Parameters. You must also set up the COG Use Cost RC to determine which RC to use for reverse G/L posting.
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General Ledger Departments Parameters
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