Attribute

An attribute is a field containing information that you can use to group records for reporting, inquiry, and processing. Attributes contain this information:

  • 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, and Purchase Order
  • Customers for Accounts Receivable, Order Entry, Billing, and Warehouse
  • Vendors for Accounts Payable, Invoice Matching, and Purchase Order
  • Cash codes for Cash Management
  • Items for Inventory Control, Purchase Order, Order Entry, Warehouse, Production Order, and Requisitions
  • Assets for Asset Management
  • Leases for Lease Management
  • User analyses for Strategic Ledger

Using attributes with customers

Ace Electrical Supply runs company aging reports for customers based on the state where the company is located. The company defines a customer list to select customers by state attribute.