Creating segment

Glossary

Basics of using a typical web page

Using Online Help

This page allows you to create a segment. Tell me more.

The “Create Segment” page appears.

Segment Type

Use the drop-down list box to select the type of the segment that you want to create from “Business Segment” and “Alternate Segment”. The system displays “Business Segment” by default at the launch of the page.

Segment

A unique code identifying the segment (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory.

Segment Name

A textual description of the segment (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory.

Effective Date

The date from which the segment is effective (Date Format).  Mandatory. The date entered must be after the date on which the company was registered. The system date is displayed by default at the launch of the page.

Company Code

Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the company in which the finance books that you want to group under the newly created segment is available. All the “Active” codes identifying the company will be available for selection in the ascending order. The system displays “blank” by default at the launch of the page.

Finance Book

Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the finance book that have to be grouped under the segment. All the “Posting” finance book that have been defined for the selected company and that are in the “Active” status will be available for selection in the ascending order.

The system displays the following in the “Finance Book Details” multiline:

Finance Book Description

The textual description of the finance book.

The system saves the details of the segment in the segment entity for the company.

The system also updates the login ID of the user and the system date in the “Created By” and “Created Date” fields.

The system displays the following:

Created By

The login ID of the user who created the segment.

Created Date

The date on which the segment was created.