Search HansaManuals.com HansaManuals Home >> Standard ERP >> Working Environment >> Working with Companies Previous Next Entire Chapter in Printable Form Search This text refers to program version 5.4 Working with Companies A HansaWorld Enterprise database can contain more than one Company. This feature can be useful if your business is one where there are separate departments or subsidiary companies that keep separate accounts. Their data can be stored in a single database, in separate partitions known as "Companies".You should only use this feature to differentiate between different departments if you intend to account for each of them separately. If you keep a single set of accounts covering your whole organisation, you only need have a single Company in your database. Companies are stored in the Company register in the System module. You can add new Companies at any time: this process is described on the Changing and Adding Companies page. Adding a new Company will mean that you will have to apply for a new Enabler Key. If you have more than one Company in your Company register, it is recommended that you specify a Short Code for each one: The names in this list are taken from the Name field in the Company register. Once you have logged in, the Short Code of the Company ("H" in the example illustrated) will be included in the title of every window: In this illustration, the 'Transactions: Browse' window lists Transactions belonging to Company H, while the 'Simulations: Browse' window lists Simulations belonging to Company S. Only one Master Control panel can be open at any time, so the Short Code in its title ("S" in the example) is always that of the current Company. This is the Company whose information will be shown in any new windows that you open, and the Company in which any new records that you create will be saved. If you want to return to work in Company H, click the [Company] button in the Master Control panel (or use the Ctrl-O/⌘-O keyboard shortcut) once again. If you need to make a change to a record in a particular Company, that Company must be your current Company. For example, you have a Contact record from Company H open in a record window. If Company S is your current Company, you will not be able to make changes to the Contact record. You must change to Company H first, using the [Company] button in the Master Control panel or the Ctrl-O/⌘-O keyboard shortcut. Usually, each Company will be completely separate: there will be no common information. If you want to copy information from one Company to another, you can do so using one of two methods:
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