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   <Header>
      <Title>Category Data</Title>
      <Keyword type="header" order="d1e1667261">
         <Level1>Categories</Level1>
         <Level2>data in</Level2>
      </Keyword>
   </Header>
   <GeneralSection>
      <List>
         <ListIntro>When you select a category during asset entry, LN applies
		  the default data associated with the category to the asset, and the following
		  fields are displayed in the asset record:</ListIntro>
         <ListItem> 
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Category</GUIRef> When you add a new category, LN automatically creates a subcategory with the same name as the category and
		  selects it as the default subcategory for the category. When you select a
		  category during asset entry, LN automatically applies the default
		  subcategory to the asset. For example, in the category VEHICLES, you enter
		  subcategories for tractors, trailers, and trucks used for shipping and for
		  trucks used for snowplowing or other emergency road service. You can then
		  select TRACTORS as the default subcategory. When you enter a new asset and
		  apply the category VEHICLES to the asset, LN also applies the default
		  subcategory TRACTORS to the asset. LN also applies some data associated
		  with the category to the asset books. In the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/fam/tffam2500m000" role="session">Categories (tffam2500m000)</GUIRef> session, you enter default depreciation methods for
		  all types of books. When you enter a new asset, these default depreciation
		  methods are assigned to the asset books according to their book type.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Subcategory</GUIRef> Subcategories provide additional
		  classification of assets within a category. A category can have several
		  subcategories associated with it. You indicate which subcategory should act as
		  the default for the category during asset entry. You can modify these defaults
		  in the asset record.</ListItem>
         <ListItem>
            <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Asset Group Code</GUIRef> Groups classify assets for
		  reporting and inquiry purposes. You specify a default group for a category in
		  the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/fam/tffam2500m000" role="session">Categories (tffam2500m000)</GUIRef> session. When you select a category during asset
		  entry, LN automatically applies the default group to the asset. For
		  example, you have a category called LOWEND for computer systems under $5,000.
		  Since most assets in the LOWEND category will be computers, you can assign the
		  group COMP as the default group for the category. LN will apply the COMP
		  group to all assets to which you assign the LOWEND category.</ListItem>
      </List>
      <Paragraph>You set up groups in <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tf/fam/tffam4500m000" role="session">Asset Groups (tffam4500m000)</GUIRef> session. For more information, see the <Link href="/baanerp/tf/onlinemanual/000061" role="manual">Defining Groups</Link> topic.</Paragraph>
   </GeneralSection>
   <RelatedTopics>
      <SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
      <RelTopic>
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      </RelTopic>
   </RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>