Introduction # This chapter covers the operations that need to be carried out in order to adjust the Claim References class of objects to reflect implementation of SICS.
It covers:
Editing the existing structure to reflect your implementation. Adding to the existing structure to reflect your implementation. The Claim References class depends on the reference data set up during the implementation of SICS. Figure 1 shows an example set of values.
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Sequential Process # A sequential process means that when one activity is completed the next activity becomes available.
In this example, we have a process with two tasks.
The first task is to create a new bank account.
The second task is to approve the new bank account.
The Activity Tree may look like this:
A bank account is created on a Business Partner, so the first task’s Start Action must be ‘Open Business Partner’.
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Filters are only used in some of the security domain restrictions. Then filters are used to filter businesses. Depending on whether the business was selected or rejected, user is granted access rights to perform business functions.
Filters let users specify a criterion which business objects are filtered by. When a business object is filtered, it is either selected or rejected by the filter.
Filters are used by other business objects to let user specify criteria to which data is filtered.
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Locations icon
Click the Locations icon to see the Location window.
Here you can maintain information about countries and states, and create country groups (also known as areas) and state groups.
SICS uses ISO information standards for countries, and lists all countries in the world according to ISO 3166. The official English name is listed next to the ISO code. For each country you can register the currencies used, market interest rates, ratings, indexes and tax information.
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Overview # This chapter describes how to configure and use the PDF format in SICS Document Production, as an alternative to the traditional rtf (rich text file) format.
PDF support in SICS Document Production is based on,
XSL Formatting Objects, or XSL-FO, a markup language for XML document formatting which is most often used to generate PDFs Apache FOP Version 1.1, which implements a substantial subset of the W3C XSL-FO 1.
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Error Help # Errors when Defining Objects to be Deleted # When you define objects or classes that you want to delete, you can receive error messages. This is because an object or class cannot be deleted if it is referred to by an object in the universe. The class will stay in the universe as other objects are dependent upon these the objects in the class. When these messages appear, it is better to define the objects that should be deleted instead of a whole class.
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The System Parameter Maintenance window is organised as a notebook where one of the tabs is the Database tab. Here you can maintain general database functionality.
Combined P&C and Life Database
Background: SICS P&C and SICS Life are two different products. The products are designed to allow for sharing of “infrastructure” data. That is, if your company uses both products, it is possible to let the two products share the same database schema.
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Accounting Balance Pairing Exchange Amount Limit # When pairing, the specified amount will be the maximum difference allowed forWrite-Off and Exchange difference respectively.
Accounting Claim and Technical Worksheet Status with Liquid and None Liquid Amount # Controls creation of, or change to, the listed claim/technical worksheet status pairs.
Each item gives the user access to set a claim/technical worksheet to the specified status pair. The user will be blocked from setting a claim/technical worksheet to a status pair not listed.
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The Event Log records significant events that occur in the system, for example, user login and logout, objects written to the database and changes made to the database. It is used, when necessary, to review the activities of users in the system.
Icon Contents Description Event Log icon When you double-click the Event Log icon, you see the Find: Events Log Records window. Find Event Logs Records, Properties Tab # This tab allows you to filter the find so that only certain records are displayed.
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The General Ledger is the book of accounts summarising all of a company’s financial transactions. From the System Administration Utility in SICS you can create tables for transfer of data to General Ledger. Only bookings with a value in Accounting Classification can be transferred.
Refer to Base Company Specific Settings in System Parameter Maintenance chapter for more information about Accounting Classification.
Execute a General Ledger Transfer # To execute an immediate transfer, double-click the General Ledger Transfer icon in the Periodic Functions Folder.
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