New Features > Departmental Accounting
A new preference has been added to the System Preferences enabling you to turn on the feature. Once the feature is activated, Departments can be allocated to the following transaction types:
To enable allocation of departments
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Go to the Setup menu and choose Preferences.
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Click the System tab.
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Select I Use Departments; if Departments Are Not Assigned to All P&L Accounts Don’t Warn/Warn [System-Wide].
If you choose to turn off department tracking, any departments you have created and their transaction history will be deleted from your company file. You should make a backup of your company file before you take this step so that you can access this information if required.
To create a department
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Go to the Lists menu and choose Departments. The Department List window appears.
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Click New. The Department Information window appears.
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In the Department ID field, enter up to a 5 alpha-numeric characters used to identify the department then press tab.
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In the Department Name field, enter the name of the department.
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If you want to enter a description of the department or notes related to the department you can enter up to 1000 characters in the Description field.
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Click OK.
To assign a department to a card
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Go to the Card File command centre and select Card List. The Card List window appears.
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Select a card and click Edit. The Card Information window appears.
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Click the Card Details tab.
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Enter the Department ID in the Department field then tab.
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Click OK.

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