Domain Prerequisites
The business domain is the fundamental building block in your system setup. However, before you can define a domain, a certain amount of base data is required. Default data is supplied with the system. You should verify this data before beginning your setup.
• An initial system domain and system entity should exist in an empty database. They are used as templates for creating your own business domains and entities.
• The name of the system domain must be specified in System Maintain. This name is initially set to the system domain created during installation. The system functions are described in
QAD System Administration User Guide.
• Each domain must have a base currency and, optionally, a statutory currency. ISO currency codes are supplied with the system. You are prompted during installation to specify the currency to be associated with the system domain, which is used as a template for new domains. Details related to currencies can be modified using the Currency activities described in
Currencies.
• Each domain has a default language. Default language codes are supplied with the system. Details related to languages can be modified using the Language activities described in
Language.
• Each domain must have a shared set code for each type of shared set data. One default set is supplied with the system, but you can create as many shared set codes as you need. Shared sets are described on
here.
In addition, before you can confirm the creation of the domain, at least one entity must be defined. Defining an entity requires the following additional data:
• A business relation to provide the address details for the entity.
• A number of address-related codes including counties, states, countries, corporate groups, and address types. These are described in
Creating Business Relations.
• System-wide tax data for the business relation. Tax setup is described in
QAD Global Tax Management User Guide.
Some tax data can be added in a later phase of the implementation if you do not want to define this data during initial implementation. However, you cannot save an address record without specifying a tax zone. When a matching zone is not found, the default tax zone from Global Tax Management Control (29.24) is used. This tax zone is labelled Error, and can be changed later.