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Company profile - Master data tab
or On this tab, you can enter general information about the company and specify the company's function by assigning 
attributes to the company.
Note: Some options are only displayed to or can only be edited by company administrators who are authorized to edit the data of all companies. Company administrators who are assigned to a specific company may not see some options or may see but not edit some options.
The following information is displayed:
Note: Some of this data is used for information purposes only, that is, it may be output in forms, but is not used elsewhere in the system.
Field |
Description |
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Name |
Name of the company. This name is displayed within the system. |
Detailed name |
A more detailed name for the company (for information only) |
Abbreviation |
Code for the company within the system. The abbreviation may be added to numbering schemes as a variable. |
Country |
Country in which the company has its head office. |
VAT ID |
Official European VAT-ID number of the company. The system checks the number entered in this field to ensure that it is valid. |
VAT reference |
Unique tax reference number for the company. Unique tax reference numbers are issued by local tax authorities to all taxpayers, whether companies or individuals. The system does not check the validity of this number. |
Tax deduction |
Type of tax deduction that the company is subject to: Tax free, Tax deductable or Tax obligatory (for information only) |
Catalog prices |
Type of price that should be displayed in catalogs for this company. The default is Net prices, but you can specify that Net prices or Gross prices should always be displayed. |
External reference fields |
In these fields you can enter reference numbers for data exchange with an external ERP system. These references may also be output in forms. How many fields are displayed depends on the system configuration. The names of these fields are also defined in the system configuration. Some of these fields may be added to numbering schemes as a variable. |
D-U- N-S |
D-U-N-S number for the company. D-U-N-S is a 9-digit international number for uniquely identifying companies worldwide. For more information on D-U-N-S numbers, see http://www.dnb.com/US/duns_update/ |
Contact |
Name of a contact person or contact point. This may be, for example, a person or a department. For supplier companies, the contact person is entered automatically from the catalog data. |
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Click this icon to send an e-mail to the person specified in the Contact field. |
Subsidiary of |
If the company is a subsidiary of another company, enter the name of the parent company in this field. Information of the parent company is then automatically assigned to the subsidiary company. See Companies for more information. In the case of a company administrator for a specific company, by default the name of the company to which the administrator belongs is entered here, provided that the administrator is authorized to edit the data of this company. |
Acting company |
The acting company is the company that is legally responsible for the current company, if this is not the current company itself. If the company has an acting company, the acting company’s templates (for example, the company logo) are used in forms. In the CBL and ASCII order exporters, the acting company replaces the current company as the contractual partner. |
Company type |
Indicates the type of company, for example, company, department or holding. This information can be used to filter the Companies list. Company types can be defined by administrators in the Company types list. |
EU location code |
Specifies the location of the company: Local country, EU foreign country or non-EU foreign country (for information only) |
Industry |
Industry sector in which the company operates. This information can be used to filter the Companies list. |
Start month business year |
Calendar month in which the company’s official financial year begins. This information is used to automatically reset the yearly budget for the company. See Budgets for more information. |
Share capital |
Share capital of the company and the currency of the share capital (for information only). |
Enrolment no. |
The number of the company in the commercial register of the country in which the company has its head office (for information only). |
Seat of chamber of commerce |
Location of the chamber of commerce of which the company is a member (for information only). |
Note: If additional attributes have been created for the company, additional fields or options are displayed in this section. Additional company attributes can be defined by administrators on the Company attributes page.
Attributes
In this section, you can assign attributes to the company. Company attributes define the type of company and its role in the system. See Types of company for more information on the available attributes.
To change the attributes for a company, activate 
or deactivate 
the appropriate check box and click the icon 
at the top of the page.
If you activate the Vendor check box, which is used to define credit card companies, you must also select an entry from the Checking process selection list, for example, VISA. The checking process checks the syntax of the credit number to ensure that it is valid.
Activate the Use an own rule set option if you want to use proprietary approval rules for the company. If you deactivate this option, the global rule set is used for approvals.
Important: The Attribute selection list and the icon 
ensure compatibility with previous versions of Impact Ordering; they can be used to display attributes that were added to the <company> profile in a previous version. If you have not defined attributes in a previous version, you should not use this option. In the current version, company attributes can be created by an administrator on the Company attributes page.