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.