Configuring the first company

Use the sessions described in this section to specify the company configuration data. You can, for example, do the following:

  • Set up your printers.
  • Define the paper types for the printers.
  • Define the date format and so on for the installed languages.
Note: The data that you specify during the steps described in this section is stored in company 000, the Tools company. All companies of a multicompany structure use this data.

To specify the company configuration data:

  1. To use segmented item codes, run the Segmented Domains (ttgfd4122m000) session to define the segments of the Item (item) domain in the LN packages.

    Note:  After you create the items and save the item data, you can no longer change the item-code segmentation.

    Each segment represents a certain type of information. The data that you define in this session is copied to the Item Segmentation (tcibd0500m000) session.

    You can use segmented item codes to support the following:

    • Clusters for distribution-requirements planning in LN Planning.
    • Project-specific items in LN Manufacturing.

    Before you start the Segmented Domains (ttgfd4122m000) session, you must determine how you want to structure the item codes.

    If you want to define segments for other types of domains, you can also use the Segmented Domains (ttgfd4122m000) session to do this.

  2. Define the paper types for the printers that you use to print reports, documents, and so on in the Paper Types (ttaad3110m000) session.
  3. Define the fonts that you can use on the paper types that you defined in the Fonts by Paper Types (ttaad3111m000) session. For each combination of a font and a paper type, you must specify the number of characters on a line and the number of lines on the paper. LN uses these settings to print a variety of documents, such as reports, invoices, and work instructions.
  4. Define the output devices that are connected to your LN system, such as the printers, files, and screens, in the Device Data (ttaad3500m000) session. You can also enter information about the drivers that you use to output the data and the queues that store print jobs.
    Note: Each device's local character set must be identical to the local character set of the user who creates the print job. To link the character sets to the LN users, you can use the user-data template. For more information, refer to the "User Management" chapter in the Infor Enterprise Server Administrator`s Guide (U8854 US).
  5. Define the languages that the companies will use in the Languages (ttaad1510m000) session. To be able to use a specific language, you must purchase the language from Infor and install the language during the LN installation. For each installed language, you must specify the date format and the characters that you use for the decimal point and the thousands separator, whether the language is bidirectional, and other details. If the language is bidirectional, the character set that is used must also be bidirectional.

  6. To create more companies, continue with the steps in the following section, Creating additional companies.

    If you create a single-company structure, create the enterprise units, sites, warehouses, and departments. See Creating the enterprise structure and the User Guide for Enterprise Structures.