FOURA™ Reference Documentation
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    Business Units
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    Menu Code: BUN
    Accounting/Finance - Support

    A relatively autonomous division of a company with responsibility for a particular customer base or range of products and activities. 

    Fields

    Field Editable Description / Notes
    Business Unit

    Yes

    Business unit code, must be unique.  This can only be changed if the business unit has not been used on any documents or transactions.
    Business Unit Name

    Yes

    Business unit name
    Company

    Yes

    The Company that the business unit was created under.
    Cost Center

    Yes

    The Cost Center associated with the business unit.  When assigned, any transactions associated with this business unit will use this cost center.
    BUnit Manager

    Yes

    Employee code of the business unit manager.  The assigned manager will have approval authority for warehouse transfers and AP Invoices associated with the cost center.
    Alt BUnit Manager

    Yes

    Employee code of the alternate business unit manager.  The alternate manager has the same approval authority as the manager.
    Active

    Yes

    Should this business unit be included in any BU drop down lists?  (Green Check = Yes)
    Wide Address

    Yes

    Used for specific reports that need a wide (page width) address block, for documents where a business unit is specified and the SIUseCompAddress Global Variable is NOT set to "Y".
    Narrow Address

    Yes

    Used for specific reports that need a narrow (1/4 page width) address block
    Supplier Contact

    Yes

    Contact information for PO or AP documents where a business unit is specified
    Customer Contact

    Yes

    Contact information for Sales Order or AR documents where a business unit is specified.

    Security

    The following default roles can use this form:

    Role Allowed Actions
    rl_FinRead View
    rl_Setup View and Edit
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