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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">The Parameter Wizard</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>Parameter Wizard</Level1>
		</Keyword>
		<Keyword><Level1>parameters</Level1>
			<Level2>Parameter Wizard</Level2>
		</Keyword>
	</Header>
	<GeneralSection><Paragraph>The standard SSA ERP application includes some localized functionality which is only required for business transactions specific countries or parts fo the world.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Parameter Wizard terminology</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>you can use the Parameter Wizard to group the parameters for each function and to set the parameters to specific values. The various functions and their parameters are organized on a number of selection levels.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>The following levels are implemented:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000402" role="glossary">Aspect</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000403" role="glossary">Option</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000404" role="glossary">Option group</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem><Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#000405" role="glossary">Topic</Link>.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Parameter.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<Paragraph>For example, for the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/domains/emm.dtyp#country" role="enum">Country</GUIRef> aspect you can define the various countries as options and group the options into areas such as Nordic, Latin America, and Central Europe. During one run of the Parameter Wizard, the user can only select option groups, options, and topics that belong to the same aspect.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>In the Parameter Wizard, each specific function is defined as a topic.</Paragraph>
		<List><ListIntro>Some examples of topics are:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Some examples of topics are:</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Nordic Bank Files</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Investment Charge.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>The Intrastat report.</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To use the Parameter Wizard</SectionTitle>
		<List><ListIntro>You can use the Parameter Wizard to:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Group the parameters that are required by each topic.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Select the topics that must be implemented.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Set the various parameters for each topic to the correct values.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Indicate the order in which the parameters must be set to their new values.</ListItem>
		</List>
		<List><ListIntro>To use the Parameter Wizard consists of two separate activities:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Set up the Parameter Wizard. To define the parameter values for each topic and to link the topics to the options.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Use the Parameter Wizard. To select the options and topics that must be implemented and to start the process that sets the parameters to the required values.</ListItem>
		</List>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Initialize parameters</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>Before you use the Parameter Wizard, the parameters must have been initialized in the regular way with the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tc/mcs/tcmcs0295m000" role="session">Initialize Parameters (tcmcs0295m000)</GUIRef> session. When you run this session, the tables of the Parameter Wizard are also filled with default topics, options, and required parameters.</Paragraph>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000403" role="manual">To set up the Parameter Wizard</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000404" role="manual">To use the Parameter Wizard</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
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