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<Session ID="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm0100s000" xml:lang="en">
   <Header>
      <Title>General Parameters (tppdm0100s000)</Title>
   </Header>
   <HelpTopic>
      <AimSection>
         <Paragraph> Use this session to maintain and initialize the parameters that define how LN works.</Paragraph>
      </AimSection>
      <GeneralSection>
         <Paragraph>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.</Paragraph>
         <Note>
            <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
            <Paragraph>The parameters you set in this session are
			 valid for all projects you set up in this company. Parameters also serve as
			 defaults for some fields.</Paragraph>
         </Note>
      </GeneralSection>
      <RelatedTopics>
         <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000001" role="manual">To use project data management</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000003" role="manual">To use parameters and defaults</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000028" role="manual">Currency systems</Link>
         </RelTopic>
         <RelTopic>
            <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000332" role="manual">To use the rate determiner</Link>
         </RelTopic>
      </RelatedTopics>
   </HelpTopic>
   <Fields>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title> General</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.indt">
            <Header>
               <Title>Introduction Date</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>Introduction date of PDM parameters.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.dsca">
            <Header>
               <Title>Description</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The date you changed one or more parameters in this session
			 is the date this new parameter setting becomes valid.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.pcsp">
            <Header>
               <Title>Process Subprojects with Main Project</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, subprojects are also
			 included in all processing activities relating to the main project. For
			 example, if you use the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ppc/tpppc4803m000" role="session">Build Actual Cost Control (tpppc4803m000)</GUIRef> session or the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc/tpptc3200m000" role="session">Generate Budget Cost Analysis (tpptc3200m000)</GUIRef> session, all subprojects are
			 included.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.pcmp">
            <Header>
               <Title>Update Main Project Totals for selected Subprojects</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, any changes made to
			 subprojects are carried through (aggregated) in the main project. This affects
			 the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ppc/tpppc4803m000" role="session">Build Actual Cost Control (tpppc4803m000)</GUIRef> session and the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/ptc/tpptc3200m000" role="session">Generate Budget Cost Analysis (tpptc3200m000)</GUIRef> session, where changes in subproject
			 costs are carried through in the main project.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.ccus">
            <Header>
               <Title>Cost Component</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000360" role="glossary">cost components</Link> are used in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp" role="package">Project</GUIRef>.</FuncDesc>
            <RelatedTopics>
               <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
               <RelTopic>
                  <Link href="/baanerp/tp/onlinemanual/000158" role="manual">To use cost objects and cost components</Link>
               </RelTopic>
            </RelatedTopics>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.usev">
            <Header>
               <Title>All Activity Types</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, you can make use of the
			 activity types in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pss/tppss2100m000" role="session">Activities (tppss2100m000)</GUIRef> session. You can link an organization breakdown
			 structure (OBS) element to an activity with the type Project Cost Account. If this check box is cleared, the
			 activity type is a work package, therefore you cannot use the OBS option.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.upra">
            <Header>
               <Title>Project Archives</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, project archives can be
			 used for reference and comparative purposes.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.uwka">
            <Header>
               <Title>WKA</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc> If this check box is selected, the Dutch Wet Keten
			 Aansprakelijkheid (WKA) law applies. The WKA law means that the contractor is
			 liable for the subcontractor's taxes and social security contributions, if the
			 subcontractor fails to do so.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>The law is mainly concerned with:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>The invoices from the subcontractor to the customer.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Who is responsible for paying taxes and social security
				  contributions.</ListItem>
               </List>
            </SimpleSection>
            <Note>
               <SectionTitle> Note</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph>This law applies to the Netherlands only.
				If you use LN in
				another country, leave this check box cleared.</Paragraph>
            </Note>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.lexp">
            <Header>
               <Title>Log Commitments ( Purchase Trans )</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>Indicates how you want to handle commitments (preliminary
			 purchase costs) in your company.</FuncDesc>
            <AllowedValues>
               <SectionTitle> Allowed values</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph> 
                  <Link href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.lexp" role="domain">Log Commitments (Purchase Transactions)</Link>
               </Paragraph>
            </AllowedValues>
            <SimpleSection>
               <SectionTitle> Performance aspects</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph> The setting of this field could affect system performance and database growth. For more information, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/performance/tp/P000005_log_commitments" role="manual">Log commitments</Link>.</Paragraph>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.crtp">
            <Header>
               <Title>Exchange Rate Type for Costs</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc> 
               <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000046" role="glossary">exchange-rate type</Link> for costs that have a currency other than the project currency.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>This ERT is also used to:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem>Calculate estimated amounts in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/est" role="module">Project Estimating</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Calculate standard cost object amounts in the home
				  currency.</ListItem>
                  <ListItem>Calculate amounts that are not directly project related
				  and have no business partner and therefore no ERT.</ListItem>
               </List>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.rrtp">
            <Header>
               <Title>Exchange Rate Type for Revenues</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000046" role="glossary">exchange-rate type</Link> is used for the calculation of invoices that do not use the
			 business partner currency.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.uset">
            <Header>
               <Title>Unit Set</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>A group of unit codes that can be linked to standard or
		customized items, or to item defaults. In a unit set, you can indicate the
		physical quantities that can be used for the item, in which modules, and for
		what purposes.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.ctut">
            <Header>
               <Title>Unit Code for Hours</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The time unit in which labor is expressed in cost control.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.cgch">
            <Header>
               <Title>Copy Gen Surch when creating Prj</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>This field determines whether standard surcharges are copied
			 as project surcharges when generating a budget, control data, or both.</FuncDesc>
            <AllowedValues>
               <SectionTitle> Allowed values</SectionTitle>
               <Paragraph> 
                  <Link href="/baanerp/tp/domains/pdm.cgch" role="domain">Copy method general charges for new projects</Link>
               </Paragraph>
            </AllowedValues>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.capp">
            <Header>
               <Title>Appointment Type</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The default appointment type. If this type is used with the
			 tender date: The first date (lowest sequence number) recorded for this
			 appointment type in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm6132s000" role="session">Appointment by Project (tppdm6132s000)</GUIRef> session is the tender date.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <List>
                  <ListIntro>The date is printed on reports in the following
				  session:</ListIntro>
                  <ListItem> 
                     <Link href="/baanerp/tp/pin/tppin1410m000" role="session">Print Progress Invoice Specifications (tppin1410m000)</Link>
                  </ListItem>
               </List>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.prbs">
            <Header>
               <Title>Profit Base</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>This field determines whether margin is calculated based on
			 the sales value or on the cost of sales.</FuncDesc>
            <SimpleSection>
               <TABLE border="1" borderstyle="default" space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
                  <THEAD noTR="1">
                     <TR no="1" isLast="true">
                        <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Setting</TD>
                        <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">Calculation</TD>
                     </TR>
                  </THEAD>
                  <TBODY noTR="2">
                     <TR no="1" isLast="false">
                        <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                           <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/est.prbs#cost" role="option">Cost of Sales</GUIRef>
                        </TD>
                        <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"> 
                           <Formula space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
                              <Paragraph>(Sales amount - Cost Amount)/Cost Amount * 100</Paragraph>
                           </Formula>
                        </TD>
                     </TR>
                     <TR no="2" isLast="true">
                        <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1">
                           <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/domains/est.prbs#sales" role="option">Sales</GUIRef>
                        </TD>
                        <TD rowspan="1" colspan="1"> 
                           <Formula space-and-orientation="indented-estimated">
                              <Paragraph>(Sales amount - Cost Amount)/Sales Amount * 100</Paragraph>
                           </Formula>
                        </TD>
                     </TR>
                  </TBODY>
               </TABLE>
            </SimpleSection>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title> Number Group and Series</Title>
         <FieldGroup>
            <Title> Number Group and Series</Title>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.ngrp">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Project Number Group</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>A group of first free number series that you can assign to a
		specific use.</FuncDesc>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <List>
                     <ListIntro>For example, you can assign a number group to:</ListIntro>
                     <ListItem>Business partner codes</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Purchase contracts</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Sales orders</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Production orders</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Service orders</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Warehousing orders</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Freight orders</ListItem>
                  </List>
               </SimpleSection>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <Paragraph>Within a number group you can define multiple series. Each
		  series is identified by the series code. The series numbers that LN generates consist of
		  the series code followed by the first free number in the series. Series codes
		  of the same number group have the same length.</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.prsr">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Project Series</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>A group of order numbers or document numbers starting with the
		same series code.</FuncDesc>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <Paragraph>Series identify orders with certain characteristics. For
		  example, all sales orders handled by the large accounts department start with
		  LA (LA0000001, LA0000002, LA0000003, and so on).</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
               <RelatedTopics>
                  <SectionTitle> Related topics</SectionTitle>
                  <RelTopic>
                     <Link href="/baanerp/tc/onlinemanual/000004" role="manual">To use number groups and series</Link>
                  </RelTopic>
               </RelatedTopics>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.ests">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Estimate Series</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>Use the estimate <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#Series_tc" role="glossary">series</Link> to create a unique
				project number.</FuncDesc>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.egrp">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Estimate Line Number Group</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>A group of first free number series that you can assign to a
		specific use.</FuncDesc>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <List>
                     <ListIntro>For example, you can assign a number group to:</ListIntro>
                     <ListItem>Business partner codes</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Purchase contracts</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Sales orders</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Production orders</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Service orders</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Warehousing orders</ListItem>
                     <ListItem>Freight orders</ListItem>
                  </List>
               </SimpleSection>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <Paragraph>Within a number group you can define multiple series. Each
		  series is identified by the series code. The series numbers that LN generates consist of
		  the series code followed by the first free number in the series. Series codes
		  of the same number group have the same length.</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.essr">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Estimate Line Series</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>A group of order numbers or document numbers starting with the
		same series code.</FuncDesc>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <Paragraph>Series identify orders with certain characteristics. For
		  example, all sales orders handled by the large accounts department start with
		  LA (LA0000001, LA0000002, LA0000003, and so on).</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.serr">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Order Series for PCS Project</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>If a customized item is made from a standard or generic
				item, the series are used to create a PCS project code and fill the project
				segment of the item code.</FuncDesc>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.tgrp" OtherIDs="tcmcs051.dsca">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Template Number Group</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>Select the default number group defined for the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000308" role="glossary">templates</Link>.</FuncDesc>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.tpsr" OtherIDs="tcmcs050.dsca">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Template Series</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>Select the default series defined for the template number
				group.</FuncDesc>
            </FieldHelp>
         </FieldGroup>
         <FieldGroup>
            <Title> Sequence Number</Title>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.nlit">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Item Code Length</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>The length defined here subtracted from the maximum length
				of the code, determines the sequence number length that can be added when using
				the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/est/tpest2200m000" role="session">Launch Estimate to Budget (tpest2200m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <Paragraph>Maximum length: 47 characters.</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.nlta">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Labor Code Length</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>The length defined here subtracted from the maximum length
				of the code, determines the sequence number length that can be added when using
				the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/est/tpest2200m000" role="session">Launch Estimate to Budget (tpest2200m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <Paragraph>Maximum length: 8
				  characters.</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.nleq">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Equipment Code Length</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>The length defined here subtracted from the maximum length
				of the code, determines the sequence number length that can be added when using
				the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/est/tpest2200m000" role="session">Launch Estimate to Budget (tpest2200m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <Paragraph>Maximum length: 10 characters.</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <SectionTitle> Example</SectionTitle>
                  <Paragraph>If, in this field, you enter "6", a
				  sequence of 4 characters can be created. As a result, equipment code 100230 in
				  estimate could be transferred to 1002300001.</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.nlsb">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Subcontracting Code Length</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>The length defined here subtracted from the maximum length
				of the code, determines the sequence number length that can be added when using
				the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/est/tpest2200m000" role="session">Launch Estimate to Budget (tpest2200m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <Paragraph>Maximum length: 8
				  characters.</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
            </FieldHelp>
            <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.nlci">
               <Header>
                  <Title>Sundry Code Length</Title>
               </Header>
               <FuncDesc>The length defined here subtracted from the maximum length
				of the code, determines the sequence number length that can be added when using
				the <Link href="/baanerp/tp/est/tpest2200m000" role="session">Launch Estimate to Budget (tpest2200m000)</Link> session.</FuncDesc>
               <SimpleSection>
                  <Paragraph>Maximum length: 8
				  characters.</Paragraph>
               </SimpleSection>
            </FieldHelp>
         </FieldGroup>
      </FieldGroup>
      <FieldGroup>
         <Title> Defaults</Title>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.tpte">
            <Header>
               <Title>Template Code</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>Enter a default <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#000308" role="glossary">template</Link> code.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.rscs">
            <Header>
               <Title>Extension for Fluctuation Settlement</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The default extension code is used to create an extension of
			 the extension type <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#FluctuSettle_tp" role="glossary">fluctuation settlement</Link> at the time a new project is created.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.citt">
            <Header>
               <Title>Item Coding System</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The default <Link href="/baanerp/tc/glossary/glossary#ItemCodeSyst_tc" role="glossary">item code systems</Link> that is used to write the alternative items in table Item
			 Codes by Item Code System, if the supplier's item codes are defined in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm7150s000" role="session">Items by Buy-from BP (tppdm7150s000)</GUIRef> session, or if a supplier file is read in the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tp/pdm/tppdm7260m000" role="session">Read in and/or Print Buy-from BP Diskettes (tppdm7260m000)</GUIRef> session.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.dpci">
            <Header>
               <Title>Revenue Code for Installment</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The default <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#RevenuCode_tp" role="glossary">revenue code</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
         <FieldHelp ID="tppdm000.dpca">
            <Header>
               <Title>Revenue Code for Additional Work</Title>
            </Header>
            <FuncDesc>The default <Link href="/baanerp/tp/glossary/glossary#RevenuCode_tp" role="glossary">revenue code</Link>.</FuncDesc>
         </FieldHelp>
      </FieldGroup>
   </Fields>
</Session>