Business Tab

Use this tab to enter of business related information about the Organisation.

You can use different levels of categorisation to define precisely if the organisation fits into the business sector. This categorisation consists of selecting the industry, business area and organisation type. You can capture information about the organisation, including size and revenue.

If the organisation if not of relationship type Customer, you can enter the credit card details to use. You can enter multiple credit cards. If one of the cards is the primary credit card, it defaults when the organisation is selected. If the organisation is of type Customer, this text displays: Credit Cards - see Customer.

Options Reference

Each option and field on the form is described below. Mandatory options and fields are highlighted in red.

Industry

Use this field to group organisations into meaningful categories, according to the different industries your company deals with.

You can use this group when creating lists or generating reports. Select the industry from the dropdown list.

SIC Code and Desc

Use the Standard Industrial (SIC) code to group organisations into business sectors. Use the groups when querying the database or requesting reports.

Select the SIC code from the dropdown list.

Organisation Type

The organisation type is an additional category into which you can group your organisations.

Examples of organisation types are Government, Publicly Listed, Non-Profit.

Select the organisation type from the dropdown list. The values are specific to your business.

Revenue

Enter the yearly revenue of the organisation.

Number Employees

Enter the number of people employed by the organisation.

First line of Business Postal Address

Enter up to 50 alphanumeric characters as the first line of Business Postal Address.

Second line of Business Postal Address

Enter up to 50 alphanumeric characters as the second line of Business Postal Address.

Third line of Business Postal Address

Enter up to 50 alphanumeric characters as the third line of Business Postal Address.

Business Postal Address - Suburb

Enter the name of the suburb, up to 50 alphanumeric characters. Or, select the name from a dropdown list of suburbs.

If selecting from the list, related postal code, state, and time zone details are updated on the form. You can edit or select a suburb name from the list.

Business Postal Address - Postal code

Enter a postal code, up to 10 alphanumeric characters. Or, select from the dropdown list of postal codes (if available for the country of this organisation).

If selecting from the list, related suburb, state, and time zone details update on the form. You can edit or select a postal code from the list.

Business Postal Address - State

Enter the name of the state, up to 20 alphanumeric characters. Or, select from the dropdown list of states.

You can edit or select a state from the list.

Business Postal Address - Country

Select a country name from the dropdown list. The country selected determines the data displayed in the dropdown lists for suburbs, postal codes and states.

Business Postal Address - time zone

Enter a time zone value, up to six alphanumeric characters. Or, select from a dropdown list of postal codes or suburbs.

If selecting from the list, related suburb, state, and time zone details are updated on the form. You can edit or select a time zone from the list.

Same as Street Address

If you select this option, the postal address defaults to the street address entered. If not selected, you can update the Address fields.

If the organisation is of relationship type Customer, then the address link to Accounts Receivable is performed as:

Credit Cards table

If the organisation is of type Customer, then the Credit Cards table is not available. This text displays instead: Credit Cards - see Customer.

You can enter multiple credit cards for the organisation in this table. Select the Primary option (P) to indicate which credit card to use as the default when, for example, entering quotes.

Note: If a non-customer organisation is changed to relationship type Customer, then all credit card details are moved to the customer. If a customer type organisation is unlinked from a customer, then all the credit card information remains on the customer.