Working with Individual Departments (WDPM)

Purpose: Use Individual Departments to define valid departments within organizations that buy your merchandise. When you enter an individual customer on the system, you may need to specify the department where the individual works.

Download to web storefront: The Downloading B2B E-Commerce Static Files (BBED) menu option allows you to extract individual departments for download to the web storefront.

For more information: See Creating and Updating Individuals.

In this topic:

• Work with Individual Department Screen

• Create Individual Department Screen

• Change Individual Department Screen

• Display Individual Department Screen

Work with Individual Department Screen

How to display this screen: Enter WDPM in the Fast path field at the top of any menu, or select Work with Individual Departments from a menu.

CSR0725 DISPLAY Work with Individual Department 8/23/96 16:15:36 Mail Order Opt Dept. Description Type options, press Enter. 2=Change 4=Delete 5=Display FAC FACILITIES MANAGEMENT MKT SALES AND MARKETING OPS OPERATIONS R&D RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT F3=Exit F6=Create F12=Cancel F21=Print List F24=Select Company

Field	Description
Dept.	A code representing a department within an organization. Alphanumeric, 3 positions; optional.
Description	The description of the department. Alphanumeric, 30 positions; optional.

Screen Option	Procedure
Create a new department	Press F6 to advance to the Create Individual Department Screen.
Change a department	Enter 2 next to a department to advance to the Change Individual Department Screen.
Delete a department	Enter 4 next to a department to delete it. Note: The system allows you to delete a department regardless of whether there are individuals associated with it.
Display a department	Enter 5 next to a department to advance to the Display Individual Department Screen.

Create Individual Department Screen

Purpose: Use this screen to create an individual department.

How to display this screen: Press F6 at the Work with Individual Department Screen.

CSR0726 ENTER Create Individual Department 8/23/96 17:02:53 Mail Order Individual Department . Description . . . . . . F3=Exit F12=Cancel

Field	Description
Individual department	This code represents a department within an organization. Alphanumeric, 3 positions. Create screen: required. Change screen: display-only.
Description	The description of the department. Alphanumeric, 30 positions; required.

Change Individual Department Screen

To change: Enter 2 next to a department at the Work with Individual Department Screen to advance to the Change Individual Department screen. You can change only the Description field. See Create Individual Department Screen for field descriptions.

Display Individual Department Screen

To display: Enter 5 next to a department at the Work with Individual Department Screen to advance to the Display Individual Department screen. You cannot change any information on this screen. See Create Individual Department Screen for field descriptions.