Setting Up Business Unit Supplemental Data

You might need to review, track, and report on information about a business unit that is not included in the standard master tables. This type of information is referred to as supplemental data.

Supplemental data can include information that is unique to your business. For example, a construction company might use supplemental data to track the progress of each job (business unit). The supplemental data could include the legal description of the job site, the ground conditions, daily job logs, and so on.

After you set up the supplemental database, which includes setting up supplemental data types and specifying formats, you can enter the data that you will use and customize it for your specific business. To track information that is not available in the standard master tables, use narrative data types and code data types.