Vendor Concepts

About Vendor Parameters

Vendor parameters determine how you create the Vendor database and how individual vendors are treated. You also use these parameters to assign passwords to vendor procedures. This lets you control who can use the different functions in your Vendor database.

Preset parameters are provided for location 1 when you receive the system. This means that even if you make no changes to the parameters, you can use the system. However, you may determine that one or more of the preset parameters needs to be changed to better suit the needs of your business or that you need to set up additional locations.

You set the vendor parameters in two screens. Before you build your Vendor database and begin using it, you can view the preset parameters in the following screens:

• (LC) Vendor and A/P Parameters screen.

• (LP) Vendor Standard Reports screen.

Several screens have an effect on vendors. You can set related parameters in each of the following screens:

• (L6W) EDI Network Communications.

• (LA) Customer and A/R screen.

• (LF) Purchase Order Parameters screen.

• (LF2) P/O Journals Parameters screen.

• (LF3) Debit Memo Parameters screen.

• (LFA1) Vendor Call Number screen.

• (LS) P/O Standard Reports screen.

Begin by verifying whether the preset options for location 1 are suitable for your business needs. If you determine one or more are not acceptable, you can change them. When you have set the parameters for location 1, set parameters for each additional location you run differently than location 1. If you do not set parameters for a particular location, the parameters you set for location 1 are used.

Note: The information you enter in parameter screens is stored in the file PARAMETERS.

See also:

About the Vendor Database