Attribute

An attribute is a field that holds information you can use to group records for reporting, inquiry, and processing. These are the specific information that attributes are holding 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, 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 forInventory Control, Purchase Order, Order Entry, Warehouse, Production Order, and Requisitions

  • Assets for Asset Management

  • Leases for Lease Management

  • User analyses for Strategic Ledger

Example of using attributes with customers

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