| COM Parameters (tccom0000s000) |  |
| Use this session to: View historical parameter settings Modify current parameter settings Note By default, the Description field contains the date and time when the previous parameter set was saved. In order to avoid confusion, if you change the parameters, change or delete the Description text as well. Performance aspects The settings in this session could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to COM parameters.
Fields | Description
Introduction Date | The date and time that the parameters are valid. The parameters are valid up to the effective date of a more recent parameter setting.
Description | The description of the parameter set. For example, you can indicate why you change the parameters. ERP LN enters the current date and time in this field by default. If you save the new parameter settings, the Effective Date column of the overview session will contain the date and time when you saved the parameters. Therefore you need not retain the current date and time in the Description field.
Business Partners | If you want to use a number group and series numbers for coding business partners, select this check box. If you create a business partner, you must select a series from the number group. ERP LN generates the business-partner code from the series code plus the first free number in the series. If you want to enter your own code for a new business partner, clear this check box. Related topics To use number groups and series
Business Partners | The number group used to generate business-partner codes. Allowed values Select a number group that is not already assigned to another purpose. Related topics To use number groups and series
Addresses | If you want to use a number group and series numbers for coding addresses, select this check box. If you create an address, you must select a series from the number group. ERP LN generates the address code from the series code plus the first free number in the series. If you want to enter your own code for new addresses, clear this check box. Related topics To use number groups and series
Addresses | The number group used to generate address codes. Allowed values Select a number group that is not already assigned to another purpose. Related topics To use number groups and series
Contacts | If you want to use a number group and series numbers for coding contacts, select this check box. If you create a contact, you must select a series from the number group. ERP LN generates the contact code from the series code plus the first free number in the series. If you want to enter your own code for new contacts, clear this check box. Related topics To use number groups and series
Contacts | The number group used to generate contact codes. Allowed values Select a number group that is not already assigned to another purpose. Related topics To use number groups and series
Usage Distance Tables | This parameter determines whether distance tables are used to calculate distances between two addresses. If so, the distances are searched for in a specific sequence that is indicated by this parameter. No The distance tables are not used, and therefore no distance is calculated. By City By ZIP Code Both, by ZIP Code First Both, by City First ERP LN uses this information to determine order and delivery dates in: The Sales Control module The Purchase Control module The Service Order Control module Performance aspects The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to COM parameters.
Time Unit for Seconds | The time unit in which the distance (time needed to cover the distance) between two delivery addresses is expressed. The unit must be of the Time type and must be expressed in seconds in order to enable the distance calculations based in time in the following sessions: Distance Table by City (tccom4537m000). Distance Table by ZIP Code/Postal Code (tccom4538m000).
Availability Type for Carrying Goods | The default availability type for goods transport. This availability type determines the calendar working hours that are used to calculate transportation times for all ERP LN packages, including Freight Management.
Archive General Data only via Dedicated Session | If this check box is selected, you can archive general data only by using the Archive General Data (tccom0250m000) session. If this check box is cleared, to archive general data, you can use both the Archive General Data (tccom0250m000) session and the Archive General Data check box in the archiving sessions of the other ERP LN packages. Recommendation To force your organization to apply the most efficient archiving method, select this check box. To allow your organization to continue the archiving procedures used in older ERP LN releases, clear this check box. Performance aspects The settings in this session could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to Clean up data.
Destination Sales Tax Applicable | If the company must register destination sales tax data, select this check box. If this check box is selected, ERP LN derives the default tax codes from the Geo codes of the delivery addresses on orders to calculate the tax amounts of each transaction and to determine the ledger accounts to which the tax amounts are posted. If this check box is cleared, ERP LN uses the default tax codes linked to the items and other cost objects on the order to calculate the tax amounts and to determine the ledger accounts to which the tax amounts are posted. Related topics Sales tax
Include Tax in BP Balances | If this check box is selected, ERP LN includes the tax amounts when composing the sales order balance and the purchase order balance. Note Including the tax amount in the order balance requires recalculating the tax amount whenever an order line changes. If you use a tax provider, the tax provider must be activated to recalculate the tax amounts. Therefore, composing order balances that include the tax amounts can take some time.
Serialized Mask Code | The default mask used for serial numbers.
Lot Mask Code | The default mask used for lot codes.
Check Project Code in Item Code. | An item code in ERP LN can consist of a project segment and an item segment. If no PCS project is present for an item, which means that the item is not customized, the project segment of the item code is empty. ERP LN then considers the item code as consisting of nine spaces, followed by the name in the item segment. External applications, however, usually do not recognize an item code consisting of an project segment and an item segment, or an item code that is preceded by nine spaces. As a result, the project segment of an item code that is transferred from ERP LN to an external application, is not recognized as such by the external application, and becomes part of the item name. Example In an external application, an item defined in ERP LN with project segment STANDARD, and item segment BIKE, is considered to have the same name as a non-customized item with item name STANDARD BIKE. Use this check box to avoid that you define item codes in ERP LN that are conflicting in external applications. If this check box is selected, and you add a new item code or project code, ERP LN performs a few checks: If you define an item in the Items - General (tcibd0501m000) details session, the first nine characters of the item name should not equal the existing project code in ERP LN. If you define a project code in the General Projects (tcmcs0552m000) details session, the code should not equal the first characters of an existing item code in ERP LN. Note Selecting this check box decreases software performance significantly. Instead, you can clear this check box, and use the Print Items where a Project Code is part of the Item Code (tcibd0401m100) session to check whether a range of existing item codes or project codes will produce conflicts for external applications. Performance aspects The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to COM parameters.