Topic

A topic is a code that refers to specific forms and subforms within Infor Human Resources, Personnel Administration, Payroll, Benefits, Time Accrual, Time and Attendance, and Absence Management. Several data items, which are fields used to store information, comprise each topic. When defining attributes to data items, you select a topic first, inquire on the topic, then a list of the topic's data items appear.

Example

One topic within the Infor system is Supervisor. The following data items exist under the Supervisor topic:

Data Items under the Supervisor topic
Effective
Status
Reports To
Supervisor Desc
Employee
User Field 1
User Field 2
User Field 3
User Field 4
User Field 5