Pulldown Lists

Throughout the Acumen system there are a number of places where you are asked to select one of a list of options, these are called Pulldowns. Acumen gives you control over most of these Pulldowns. You can name and arrange these lists to suit your needs. There are however some special conditions that Acumen must maintain in order to be able to operate intelligently. These will be noted in the descriptions below. The following list shows some of the Pulldowns that you can effect and their purpose:

List	Contains
Accounting Periods	Names of the aged balances on accounts (eg. 30 days, etc.) Edit only
Bank	Bank of drawers cheque/payment (for cash transactions)
Branch	Branch store names, Edit only
Carrier	Names of carrier used in delivery of goods etc.
Commission Type	Sales commission types and their percentages (some types are fixed)
Department	Sales department names
Dimensions	Product dimensions and their conversion factors
Division	Customer Division names
GL Statement Level	Statement levels available in the General Ledger
GL Segments	The name, size and position of the segments of a ledger code
Interest Rate	Interest rates charged to customers and their percentages
Ledger Codes	Allows you to enter ledger code masks for transaction types
Order Type	Types of customer orders
Payment Type	Payment methods (eg. On Account, Cash, Cheque, etc)
Price Type	Category names (max mark up stored with List price) Edit Only
Product Type	Types of products and their stocktake markdown percentages
Purchase Type	Types of purchase orders
Reason lists	There are reason pulldowns for File maintenance, Price markdowns, Goods Returns and Stock Adjustments.
Statement Discount	Settlement Discount types for customers and their percentages
Supplier Discount	Supplier Settlement Discounts and their percentages
Supplier Lead Time	Supplier Lead Time descriptions and months/days for delivery
Supplier Preference	Supplier preference descriptions and the order of preference
Supplier Status	Supplier account status
Supplier Terms	Supplier trading terms and the period in months and or days
Supplier Type	Types of suppliers
Surcharge	Surcharge descriptions and their percentages
Tax Code	Sales Tax brackets and their tax rate percentages
Tills	List of tills (cash drawers) used in banking procedures
Trading Terms	Customer Trading Terms and the period in months and or days