| Companies (ttaad1100m000) |  |
| Use this session to define companies with the associated data. You cannot delete a company which has been linked as a default for a user in the User Data (ttaad2500m000) session. It is not possible to change the value in the Package Comb. field of a company. The package combination can only be changed using the Change Package Combination by Company (ttaad1101m000) session. Note To make your changes active at runtime, you have to run these options and restart the application. Related topics Companies - overview.
Fields | Description
Company | The company number which identifies a particular table or data set. Note Company number 000 is reserved for tables of Tools. It is not necessary to define any specific authorizations, since all users are automatically authorized to use this company. Note Infor advises you to use only company numbers equal or greater than 100. Company numbers lower than 100 are used by Infor as demo companies or base companies.
Name | The name of the company.
First Day of the Week | In some Tools applications, the day of the week may be indicated by a day number between 1 and 7. The first day of the week indicates the day represented by day number 1. Default value Sunday In this way, day sequence numbers can be converted to calendar days. Related topics To enter a date
Default Currency | The generic unit to be used by default in the specified company. Note It is only meaningful to use Units for currencies in this field.
Package Comb. | Indicates the package combination of the company. The tables must agree with the data definitions of the package VRC s in the package combination. Note Changing the package combination of a company is only possible in the Change Package Combination by Company (ttaad1101m000) session.
Type | Indicates the company type. The company type can have the values: Logistic, Finance or Both. This field will only be visible if the parameter for dynamic Logistic - Financial Company switching (ttaad0101s000) has been enabled. During the deployment the customer needs to make sure that the company type is in line with Enterprise Management Module (EMM) within the ERP applications. Related topics Section "Working with the company data" of the online manual Companies - overview.
Upgrade Needed | This check box indicates whether the tables for a company must be migrated to a new Feature Pack. The check box plays an important role during a Feature Pack Upgrade, for example when you perform an upgrade from ERP LN FP2 to ERP LN FP3. When you install a Feature Pack upgrade, this check box is selected automatically for all companies connected to the new Feature Pack package combination, to indicate that you must migrate the tables of these companies. Important: You should not start sessions in companies for which this check box is selected. If you start a session, the following warning is displayed: “This company should not be used because it needs a data upgrade”. Before you can use the new Feature Pack, you must perform various mandatory post-installation steps: you must first run the Data Upgrade Engine (ttspt1200m000) session, and subsequently initialize various parameters. For details on these post-installation steps, refer to the Specific Installation Guide (U8744 US). Note: After the Data Upgrade Engine (ttspt1200m000) session has run successfully, the check box is cleared automatically.