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:
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Activities for Project Accounting and Billing and Revenue Management
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Accounting units and accounts for General Ledger, Inventory Control, and Purchase Order
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Assets for Asset Management
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Cash codes for Cash Management
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Customers for Accounts Receivable, Order Entry, Billing, and Warehouse
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Items for Inventory Control, Purchase Order, Order Entry, Warehouse, Production Order, Requisitions
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Leases for Lease Management
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User analyses for Strategic Ledger
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Vendors for Accounts Payable, Invoice Matching, and Purchase Order
Example: using attributes with customers
For example, you want to find all customers who order a specific type of product, for example special items. Using customer attributes, you can run a report for all customers who order special items.
Example: using attributes with items
For example, you want to find all items that belong to a specific sales class. Using item attributes, you can run a report for all items in a specific region, for example, the Western sales region.