Active Company
The company that you select at login, or when you switch to a different company, is the active company. The active company is also known as the current company.
The active company determines:
- Which company owns transactions. In general, records belong to the company that was active when the records were created.
- Which transaction files are available for you to review, edit, and post.
- The accounts payable vouchers that you can review or submit.
- The vendors available for use in accounting applications.
- Which accounts are available for charging.
- Which projects are available for charging.
- The list of currencies enabled, if you use multiple currencies.
How to Determine Which Company is the Active Company
The name of the active company displays in the title bar at the top of the screen.
To change the active company in the browser application, click the name of the current company on the toolbar and select a company from the drop-down list. To change the active company in the desktop application, select and then select a company on the Company Selection dialog box.