Each site must be associated with a domain, which represents a distinct business operation with a single currency and chart of accounts. Your database may have one or multiple domains, depending on your particular implementation. Each domain can include one or more entities, one of which is designated as the primary entity.

All site-related data resides in the domain referenced in the site record. Such a site is considered a primary site within the domain.

Setting up sites for a single entity is a very straightforward process. The site entity defaults from the primary entity defined for the domain in Domain Create (36.1.1.1) and the domain defaults from the current working domain. However, when you have multiple entities in different domains, you may need to set up corresponding site records in each domain.

To support inter-site functions across domains, you can optionally create connection records for sites in other domains when you create a primary site. A connection record points to the domain where the actual site-related data is maintained. The other domain can be in the current database or in another connected database.

When you are using multiple databases operating over a network, the system uses the domain associated with a site to determine where database records should be updated. For example, when a function such as DRP requests information for a site, the system uses the database name associated with the domain record to access that database automatically. The referenced database can be the current database, another database on the same machine, or a remote database on another machine.

See QAD Supply Chain Management User Guide for information on DRP.