Add or Change a Customer Document Profile
Use the Customer Document Profile Maintenance (CDM) program to add or change, copy, and delete document profiles that define how you output documents to a customer. See Background and Road Map for more information.
Enter a vendor number or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the vendor from a list.
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Enter * to create or change the default record. See Create a Default Record for a Maintenance Program.
If no profiles exist for the selected customer, the program prompts you to set up a new document profile. Look ahead to step 4. If you previously set up a profile for one or more documents, they are listed:
Field Name |
Displays |
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Document |
The documents you output for this customer |
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Description |
The description of the document |
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New |
For a new order:
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Mod |
When an order is modified:
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Ship-to |
The ship-to address to use for this copy |
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Copy |
The number of the copy |
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Output dev |
The device to which this copy is output |
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Recipient |
The recipient for this copy |
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Br |
The branch that outputs this document |
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Email/ fax number |
The email address or fax number entered for this copy |
Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:
To |
Do This |
Add a profile for a document or copy |
Click Add. See step 4. |
Delete the selected copy of this document |
Click Delete. See Delete. |
Copy the selected copy of this document |
Click Copy. See Copy a Document Profile. |
Review or change a document profile |
Move the cursor to the profile you want to change and click Select or double click the line. See step 5. |
Print the displayed list |
Click Print. See Print. |
Specify a different vendor |
Click OK. See step 1. |
Exit the program |
Click Exit. |
Enter data in these header fields:
Note
Once header information is saved (i.e., when you click Apply or OK), you cannot change it.
Field Name |
Type / Max Length |
Action / Description |
Customer number |
Display only |
The customer number you specified on the first screen is displayed with its name. |
Document |
Required |
Select the document to output for this vendor. |
Branch |
Conditional |
Leave blank if you assigned the same parameters to all branches in the Document Output Parameters Maintenance (TDOC) program or select a branch if you assigned parameters by branch. |
Ship-to |
Optional |
Enter the vendor's ship-to number if you want to use that address rather than the vendor's address or click the Lookup icon and use the standard lookup options to select the number from a list. |
Copy |
Display only |
Accept the displayed copy number. You can output as many copies of a document as you and your vendor require. |
Field Name |
Type / Max Length |
Action / Description |
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Output device |
Optional |
Select the device
that you want to use for this copy of this document or leave blank
to output to the printer or spooler that the user selects in the
Output device field of
the print program for the document. |
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Recipient type |
Optional |
Select a recipient
for this copy. The system retrieves the address, email address,
or fax number for this recipient from the order or from the appropriate
record. See Background for more information. |
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No copy option |
Optional |
Select E to output no copies for this customer or ship-to profile or select I to output copies only if you selected the Always create this copy? field for this copy in Document Output Parameters Maintenance (TDOC). You would select one of these options if you want to override the default document copy you set up in Document Output Parameters Maintenance (TDOC). |
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Always queue this copy? |
Optional |
Select to queue this copy even when other document copies are processed as an immediate print. |
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Customer contact |
Optional |
Select the name
of the person for contact. |
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Archive copy? |
Optional |
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Footer code |
Optional |
Select the code for standard text that you want to print at the bottom of this copy of the document. Use the Document Footer Maintenance (TDFM) program to set up codes. |
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Message code |
Optional |
Select the code for a text message that you want to print on this copy of this document. If you select a code, the text associated with it prints rather than the message code selected for the document in the Document Output Parameters Maintenance (TDOC) program. |
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Overlay image file |
Optional |
Enter the name of an overlay file to use for this copy. This field overrides the Overlay image file field in the Document Output Parameter Maintenance (TDOC) program. An overlay file contains a form that data overlays (prints on top of). The file should be in TIF, GIF, or JPG format. If outputting to a fax device, the file must reside in the faxdir/spool/qovl folder. Other form types must be located in the folder you specified in the Base path option in System Options Maintenance (XM) program (Help and Other Path Options). |
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Header image name |
Conditional/Optional |
Accept the Header image name from the document, enter the name of an image file that you want to print on this copy, or clear/leave blank if you want no image for this copy. If you do not want a header image, you may want to select the Print co name/addr? field to print your company name and address. See Background. |
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Boilerplate name |
Optional |
Enter the name of a file that contains information you want to print. For example, you can print warranty information. Contact PowerShift Support for information about setting up a boiler plate file. |
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Boilerplate print location |
Optional |
Select on what document pages you want boilerplate text to print:
Notes
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Track document history? |
Optional |
Select if you want the document copy to have its history tracked and visible in the Document Print History Inquiry (DOCQ) program. |
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Print co name/addr? |
Conditional/Optional |
Select if you want to print your company name and address on this copy of leave blank if you do not or you entered a file in the Header image name field. |
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User field print codes |
Optional |
Enter one or more print codes 0 to 9 that match the print code designated for a user field in the User Fields Maintenance (XMO) program. Enter codes in any order, without extra characters such as spaces, commas, or dashes. For example, 513. |
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Note print codes |
Optional |
Enter one or more print codes 0-9 for notes that you want to print on this copy. Enter codes in any order, without extra characters such as spaces, commas, or dashes. For example: 315 |
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Item document print codes |
Optional |
Enter one or more item print codes 0-9 for notes that you want to print on this copy. Enter codes in any order, without extra characters such as spaces, commas, or dashes. For example: 315 |
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Label code 1 |
Conditional/Optional |
If you selected a Recipient type, select ADL or your custom label program to output an address label at the same time you print this document. You would select this field if you do not use window envelopes. If this is a packing slip and you selected a Recipient type, select OSL or your custom program to print a shipping label and item labels when you print the document. |
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Label 1 device |
Conditional/Optional |
Select the device that you want to use to print the label. for the Label code 1 or 2 selection. |
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Sort order |
Optional |
Select O Sort document by order number if you want to print copies in order number sequence; select R Sort document by recipient if you want to print copies alphabetically by recipient name. |
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Bin selection |
Conditional/Optional |
If you are outputting this copy to a printer, spooler, or fax device and want to override the default set in the Output Device Maintenance (XDM) program, enter the bin you want to use. This allows you to print this copy on a specific type or color of paper. |
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Item message code |
Optional |
Select the code for a message that you want to print for items on this copy of this document. If you select a code, the text associated with it prints rather than the message code selected for the document in the Document Output Parameters Maintenance (TDOC) program. |
Click Other info to maintain the following fields:
Note
Only fields appropriate to the document and output type selected can be maintained; therefore, some of the following fields may not be available.
Field Name |
Type / Max Length |
Action / Description |
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Include orders on credit hold? |
Optional |
Select how you want to handle orders or quotes on credit hold:
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Include orders on manual hold? |
Optional |
Select how you want to handle orders or quotes on non-credit hold:
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Include one-step orders? |
Optional |
Select how you want to handle an order or credit memo entered with the One-Step Invoice Entry (RE) program:
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Include credit bal invoices |
Optional 1 alphanumeric |
Select how you want to handle a credit balance:
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Include zero bal invoices |
Optional 1 alphanumeric |
Select how you want to handle a zero balance:
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Include internal documents? |
Optional |
Select if you want
to send a copy of the document to the customer, or leave blank
if you do not. |
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File/Path name |
Conditional |
Enter the name of the EDI or fax file, including the full path. |
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Include EDI headers/trailers? |
Optional |
If the Output device is an EDI file, select if you want EDI header and trailer records in the output or leave blank to omit them. If you select, the document includes a header record for the beginning and a trailer record at the end of a document, indicating the type of transaction. |
Click Other info to maintain fields for emailed and faxed copies.
For emailed copies enter or change data in these fields:
Field Name |
Type / Max Length |
Action / Description |
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Conditional |
Enter the recipient's email address or leave blank if you selected a recipient for the Recipient type field. |
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Sender email |
Conditional |
Enter the email address of the sender, which may be a person or department. If your company's email domain is entered in the Default system email domain option in the System Options Maintenance (XM) (Enterprise Options), you can enter the portion of the address before @. |
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CC email |
Conditional |
Enter the email address of the person who is to receive a copy of this email. |
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BCC email |
Conditional |
Enter the email address of the person who is to receive a blind copy of this email. |
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Reply-to email |
Conditional |
Enter the email address to which the recipients should reply if they have a question or problem. |
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Sender name |
Conditional |
Enter the name of the sender, which may be the name of a person or of the department. |
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Email text |
Conditional |
If the Output device is an email attachment, you have these entry options for text that you want to appear in the body of the email message:
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For faxed copies enter or change data in these fields:
Field Name |
Type / Max Length |
Action / Description |
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Fax number |
Conditional |
Enter the fax number or leave blank if you selected a recipient for the Recipient type field. |
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Sender fax number |
Conditional |
Enter your fax number. |
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First page image file |
Optional |
Enter the name of the file that will be printed on the first page of the fax. If you are using a cover page to designate the recipient of the fax, date, and so forth, you can also specify the print positions for these fields. If you are not using a traditional "cover page" this file can be the same as the overlay image file if you want that image printed on the first page. | ||||||||||
Attention |
Conditional/Optional |
Enter the person's name to appear on the cover page and the attention line on the fax. |
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Fax cover page placement |
Conditional |
If you entered a cover page as the first page image, enter the column and row where you want these fields to print. Enter 0 (zero) if you are not using a cover page or you are using a cover page but do not want to have these fields printed on it.
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- Choose the appropriate options:
To |
Do This |
Change a field |
Move the cursor to the field and make changes. Click Apply to save the changes or click Cancel to reject them. |
Display additional fields |
Click Other info. |
Delete the displayed profile |
Click Delete. |
Change the copy number |
Click Change no. The button displays only in add mode. |
Display change history for this profile |
Click Audit. This button is active only if audit trails are enabled for branch document profiles. See Display an Audit Trail. |
Accept the data and return to the list of profiles |
Click OK. See step 2. |
Exit the program |
Click Exit. |