Sales Analysis > Setup > Departments

Departments

You use this program to create and maintain the department codes that you assign to your product classes.

Department codes can be used to sequence the Product class performance and achievement reports produced by the Sales Target Reports program.

If you are using the Trade Promotions Management module, then you can define the pricing of stock items by department.

Toolbar and menu

Field Description
New Select this to add a new department.
Delete Select this to delete the department currently displayed.
Save Select this to save the details you entered or changed.
Department code Enter the department code you want to add or maintain.

Department Maintenance

Field Description
Department This indicates the department code you are currently maintaining.
Description Enter the description for the department code.

Inserting Application Help

You would typically follow this procedure to display help for the current program in a customized pane that can be pinned to the program window.

Information includes step-by-step instructions for the various functions available within the program, including a brief overview of what the program does, what setup options are required and how to personalize the program.

  1. Open the program for which you want to insert application help into a customized pane.

    This functionality is only available for a program that has panes.

  2. Right-click any form field.

    You can also click the triangle menu icon that appears in the title area of a pane.

  3. Select Insert Application Help from the context-sensitive menu.

    The application help appears in a pane within your program. You can reposition the pane using the docking stickers or pin it to the program window.

Removing the Application Help pane

If you no longer want to display application help in a pane for your current program, you can simply remove it.

  1. Select the Close icon in the right-hand corner of the application help pane.

  2. Confirm that you want to delete the pane.