Add a Department Code

Use the Department Codes Maintenance (TDP) program to add, change, copy, and delete codes that you can use as criteria for posting transactions to the general ledger. See Background and Road Map for more information.

  1. Click Add if codes exist.

  1. Enter data in these fields:

Field Name

Type / Max Length

Action / Description

Department type

Required

Select the department type. Select S for sales department or M for manufacturing department.

Dept number

Optional
4 alphanumeric

Enter a unique identifier (5 alphanumeric characters maximum) for the department number you want to create.

Name

Optional
35 alphanumeric

Enter the name of the department. This name displays to the right of the code when the user selects a code in a Department field.

Administrator

Optional

Select the name of the user to receive email notifications for WIP Movement (WIPM) and Barcode Labor Entry (LRTE) and when tools need to be issued.

  1. Choose the appropriate options:

To

Do This

Accept the data

Click OK. The program prompts Dept type. Select the type for the next department entry or press to exit.

Exit without adding this department code

Click Cancel.

Update the program record

Click Apply.

Delete a saved record

Click Delete.

  1. Choose the appropriate options when you click OK or Cancel:

To

Do This

Add another department code

Click Add.

Delete the selected department code

Click Delete. See Delete.

Copy the selected department code

Click Copy. See Copy.

Display the selected department code

Click Select.

Display departments from a specific type and number

Click Restart. The program prompts Dept type and Dept number. Enter the first department type and number you want to display or leave blank to begin with the first department type in the file.

Print the department code listing

Click Print. See Print.

Display the previous set of records in the file

Click Page up.

Display the next set of records in the file

Click Page down.

Exit the program

Click Exit.