Attribute
An attribute is a field that holds information you can use to group records for reporting, inquiry, and processing. Attributes hold information about:
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Activities for Project Accounting and Billing and Revenue Management
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Accounting units and accounts for General Ledger, Inventory Control, Purchase Order
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Assets for Asset Management
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Leases for Lease Management
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User analyses for Strategic Ledger
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Cash codes for Cash Management
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Customers for Accounts Receivable, Order Entry, Billing, Warehouse
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Vendors for Accounts Payable, Invoice Matching, Purchase Order
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Items for Inventory Control, Purchase Order, Order Entry, Warehouse, Production Order
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Grants for multi-funded projects
Types of attributes
Attribute Matrix allows you to view your activity data in several ways, providing more information in reporting. You can use attributes in two ways:
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Group activities based on common characteristics, such as new stores under construction in a specific region or of a specific size. Attributes are Lawson-defined or user-defined.
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Store additional information from a subsystem in a transaction, such as attaching an invoice vendor number and invoice batch number to an invoice distribution journal entry, or attaching an employee number and job code to a payroll journal transaction. Attributes attached to a transaction are called transaction attributes and are treated differently than other attributes.
Example: using attributes with activities
Moose Wood Outfitters tracks new store construction costs by project and task, but they also want to see costs for specific tasks based on the size of the store. They defined a Square Footage attribute that lets them select stores by size for reporting and inquiries. The value for each activity's Square Footage attribute is the total square footage of the store.
