Checklist: Establishing Company-Specific Settings

To complete your company setup, you must either set or modify a number of additional settings.

Before you begin, make sure that the active company is the one you want. If it is not, switch to a different company before proceeding. If you use Deltek Intercompany Billing to track intercompany transactions and generate intercompany invoices and AP vouchers, you will have additional setup steps to perform.

Company-Specific Settings

Software Path Form or Tab You Need to:
Settings > General > Company in the desktop application General tab Specify the address and default formatting settings for new users.
Currency tab If you use multiple currencies, check the enabled currencies for the new company.
Settings > Time Non-Working Days tab Specify the holiday calendar and non-working days, which affect Timesheet Entry and Planning.
Settings > Users Users Form Create user records specific to the new company.
Settings > Organization > Codes in the desktop application Organization Codes form Modify organization names, to clarify company-organization relationships.
Settings > Resource Planning Resource Planning Settings form Specify settings to serve as the default values for new plans created when the new company is the active company.
Settings > Billing > General in the desktop application General tab Specify billing process settings for the new company.
Accounts tab Specify invoice posting accounts, unless you copied the chart of accounts from an existing company.
Settings > Billing > Default Terms in the desktop application Default Billing Terms form Specify the default values for new billing terms set up for the projects, phases, and tasks owned by the company. In particular, you must configure Invoice Override Accounts on the Misc tab if the chart of accounts and billing default terms were not copied from an existing company record.
Settings > Accounting > Company in the desktop application General tab Check that the Default Bank for Employee Expenses option is set to a bank code owned by the active company.
Accounts tab Specify company and intercompany accounts.
Posting tab Specify all accounts, unless you copied the chart of accounts from an existing company. For credit distributions, specify projects, phases, and tasks owned by the active company.
Organization tab Select an organization for intercompany postings.
Timesheets tab Check the benefit accrual frequency.
Cross Charge tab Specify all accounts, unless you copied the chart of accounts from an existing company.
Tax Auditing tab Make sure that the Default Tax Code, if applicable, is set to a tax code owned by the active company.
Settings > Advanced Accounting > Employee Types in the desktop application General tab Specify any new employee types needed in the new company.
Accounting tab For any employee type valid in the new company, specify direct and indirect posting accounts.
Settings > Advanced Accounting > Time Analysis in the desktop application Absence Accrual Setup tab Specify any accrual codes to be associated with time analysis project ranges for the new company.
Time Analysis Setup tab Specify the time analysis accounts and accrual codes to be associated with project ranges for the new company, if the chart of accounts and the time analysis setup were not copied from an existing company.
Settings > Accounting > Company AP in the desktop application Accounts Payable tab Specify an AP Check Template for the new company, and the voucher number range to be reserved for the company if automatic voucher numbering is not enabled. The range you enter cannot coincide with a range entered for any other company in your enterprise.
Liability Codes tab Specify liability codes for the new company. You cannot copy liability codes from an existing company record.
Vendor Types tab Specify, for each vendor type, the liability code to use when posting transactions to this vendor type.
Discount Codes tab Specify discount codes for the new company. You cannot copy discount codes from an existing company.
Settings > Accounting > Accounts Receivable in the desktop application Invoice Mapping Accounts tab Specify the implicit posting of invoices to the appropriate accounts receivable accounts and map your revenue account postings to report columns.
AR Mapping Accounts tab Map your accounts receivable accounts entered for cash receipts to columns on the Accounts Receivable Ledger.
Settings > Advanced Accounting > Overhead Allocation in the desktop application General tab Specify the variance projects, phases, and tasks for assigning overhead. The projects, phases, and tasks must be owned by the active company.
Accounts tab Specify the accounts that contain expenses to include in the overhead allocation base.
Settings > Payroll > General in the desktop application General tab

FICA tab

Other Pay Setup tab

If your enterprise is using Deltek Payroll, you must specify payroll information on all tabs, for each company in your enterprise. Payroll setup is company-specific and cannot be copied from an existing company.
Settings > Payroll > Withholding Codes in the desktop application Payroll Withholding Setup form If your enterprise is using Deltek Payroll, you must specify withholding information for each company in your enterprise. Withholdings setup is company-specific and cannot be copied from an existing company.
Settings > Time Non-Work Days tab and Time Groups tab If you did not copy timesheet settings from an existing company, you must establish calendar and employee group settings for the new company.

If you did copy timesheet setup from another company, make sure that the settings are valid for the company you are creating.

Settings > Expense Expense Groups tab and Options tab If you did not copy expense report settings from an existing company, you must establish employee group settings for the new company.

Whether or not you copied an existing company, you must specify on the Options tab, the default projects, phases, and tasks to use for the Company Paid Credit Postings options.

Settings > Time Time Categories tab If you did not copy timesheet categories from an existing company, you must establish them for the new company.

If you copied timesheet categories from an existing company, you still must select the projects, phases, tasks, and associated queries that are part of the special labor charge categories.

Settings > Expense Expense Categories tab If you did not copy expense report categories from an existing company, you must establish them for the new company.