Multicompany Terminology

The Vision help uses standard terms to discuss Multicompany concepts.

Related Topics:

  • Enterprise
    In Vision, the enterprise is the umbrella under which multiple companies operate. You can think of the enterprise as the parent company. Settings at the enterprise level support cross-company transactions and reporting.
  • Company
    The company is the highest level of the organization structure below the enterprise level. Each company in the enterprise is a separate legal entity and sets its own business rules.
  • 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 or the current company context.
  • Employee's Home Company
    When you use Vision Multicompany, an employee record must have one designated home company.
  • Initial Company
    When you first enable the Multicompany feature, Vision simultaneously converts your existing Vision database to support multiple companies and creates the initial company in your enterprise.
Parent Topic: Multicompany Overview