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In some cases an organization may comprise two or more business entities. Where this is true, there can be a need to create separate general ledgers for these “companies” (your organization can rename this term, if necessary, in FundWriter Setup: . Separate companies have:
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* Separate charts of accounts and financial records, including journals and posted transactions;
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* Separate lists of GL segments (except for those segments set up as global);
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* Separate closed versus open status on fiscal years and accounting periods;
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* Separate vendors in Accounts Payable and separate sets of vouchers;
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* Separate customers in Accounts Receivable and separate sets of orders, invoices, and receipts;
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* Separate assets in Fixed Assets;
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* Separate donors in Connect-FR and separate sets of gifts
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FundWriter allows your business to do these things and to assign users to one or more companies, defining a default company for each user. Simply use FundWriter Setup to enable multi-company functionality. For information on how to configure your FundWriter setup, reference this page:  [[FundWriter Setup]]
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Then proceed to Entity Codes Maintenance to set up the companies and indicate the users relevant to each:
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* From the DDI Connect main menu, double-click FundWriter
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* Double-click FundWriter Setup
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* Double-click Entity Codes Maintenance. You will see this screen:
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Revision as of 16:09, 10 October 2011

Overview

In some cases an organization may comprise two or more business entities. Where this is true, there can be a need to create separate general ledgers for these “companies” (your organization can rename this term, if necessary, in FundWriter Setup: . Separate companies have:


  • Separate charts of accounts and financial records, including journals and posted transactions;
  • Separate lists of GL segments (except for those segments set up as global);
  • Separate closed versus open status on fiscal years and accounting periods;
  • Separate vendors in Accounts Payable and separate sets of vouchers;
  • Separate customers in Accounts Receivable and separate sets of orders, invoices, and receipts;
  • Separate assets in Fixed Assets;
  • Separate donors in Connect-FR and separate sets of gifts


FundWriter allows your business to do these things and to assign users to one or more companies, defining a default company for each user. Simply use FundWriter Setup to enable multi-company functionality. For information on how to configure your FundWriter setup, reference this page: FundWriter Setup


Then proceed to Entity Codes Maintenance to set up the companies and indicate the users relevant to each:


  • From the DDI Connect main menu, double-click FundWriter
  • Double-click FundWriter Setup
  • Double-click Entity Codes Maintenance. You will see this screen: