Common Elements Used in This Documentation

EU

European Union. Member states include:

• Austria

• Belgium

• Cyprus

• Czech Republic

• Denmark

• Estonia

• Finland

• France

• Germany

• Greece

• Hungary

• Ireland

• Italy

• Latvia

• Lithuania

• Luxembourg

• Malta

• Netherlands

• Poland

• Portugal

• Slovakia

• Slovenia

• Spain

• Sweden

• United Kingdom

EMU

Economic and Monetary Union, also used more loosely to mean European Monetary Union, which is comprised of those states within the European Union that use the euro as a common currency.

Euro

Euro, the common currency used by the EMU member states.

As of Date

The date for which a report or process includes data.

BU or Business Unit

An identification code that represents a high-level organization of business information. You can use a business unit to define regional or departmental units within a larger organization.

Short Description

Freeflow text up to 15 characters.

Effective Date

Date which a table row becomes effective; the date that an action begins. For example, if you want to change the tax percentage for a VAT Authority on June 1, you can do this earlier, such as in April or May, by entering the new rate and assigning an effective date of June 1. This date also determines when you can view and change the information. Pages and batch processes that use the information use the current row.

Language or Language Code

The language of the field labels and report headings of reports to print. The field values appear as you enter them. Language also refers to the language spoken by an employee, customer, or vendor.

Process Frequency

Designates the appropriate frequency to process:

Once: executes the request the next time the batch process runs. After the batch process runs, the process frequency is automatically set to Don't Run.

Always Executes: executes the request every time the batch process runs.

Don't Run: Ignores the request when the batch process runs.

Process Monitor

View the status of submitted process requests.

Report ID

The report identifier.

Report Manager

View report content, check the status of a report, and see detailed messages.

Run Control ID

A request identification that represents a set of selection criteria for a report or process.

Run

Specify the location where a process or job runs and the process output format.

Status

Check the progress of a report or process. A valid status is Posted, Not Posted, Generated, Processing, or Scheduled.

User ID

The system identifier for the individual who generates a transaction.

Instance or Process Instance

The number that represents where your request is in the queue.