Understanding Processing Options for the Legal Entities Program (P09J10)

When you set the processing options for the Legal Entities program (P09J10), you specify the version of the Address Book Revisions program (P01012) that the system uses when creating legal entity records. The version of the P01012 that you specify in these processing options also includes a version of the Address Book MBF master business function (P0100041). The value in the processing option in this version of the P0100041 is used to determine how the system validates duplicate legal names.

Depending on your business needs, you might require that an entity's legal name be unique. You can set the Validate for Duplicate Data Entry processing option on the Address Book MBF -PO program (P0100041) to specify how the system validates legal name data. This option is available on the Edits tab of the processing options.

If you leave the option blank, the system does not search for duplicate entries. If you enter 1 in this option, the system displays a warning when duplicate legal names are found, but allows you to enter or save the record. If you enter 2 in this option, the system displays an error when duplicate legal names are found, and does not allow you to enter or save the record.