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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 Tables (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
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.
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 |
Select Create to advance to the Create Individual Department Screen. |
Change a department |
Select Change for a department to advance to the Change Individual Department Screen. You can change only the Description field. See Create Individual Department Screen for field descriptions. |
Delete a department |
Select Delete for 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 |
Select Display for a department to advance to the Display Individual Department Screen. You cannot change any information on this screen. See Create Individual Department Screen for field descriptions. |
Create Individual Department Screen
Purpose: Use this screen to create an individual department.
How to display this screen: Select Create at the Work with Individual Department Screen.
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. |