What Is an Attribute?

An attribute is a field that holds information you can use to group records for reporting, inquiry, and processing. Specifically, attributes hold information about:

  • Activities for Project Accounting and Billing and Revenue Management

  • Transactions for General Ledger, Project Accounting, Billing and Revenue Management, Strategic Ledger, and Multi-Book Ledger

  • Accounting units and accounts for General Ledger, Inventory Control, Purchase Order

  • Customers for Accounts Receivable, Order Entry, Billing, Warehouse

  • Vendors for Accounts Payable, Invoice Matching, Purchase Order

  • Cash codes for Cash Management

  • Items for Inventory Control, Purchase Order, Order Entry, Warehouse, Production Order

  • Assets for Asset Management

  • Leases for Lease Management

  • User analyses for Strategic Ledger

Example: Using Attributes with Customers

Ace Electrical Supply tracks wants to run company aging reports for customers based on the state where the company is based. They define an customer list that lets them select customers by state attribute.