The General 2 Tab is used to define additional general top-level system defaults for the Maintenance Control module.
To access the System Parameters General 2 Tab:
From the Master Menu, select the Maintenance Control option and Company required.
The Maintenance Control menu is displayed.
Select the System Maintenance option.
The System Maintenance menu is displayed.
Select the System Parameters option.
Select the General 2 Tab.
The following fields are displayed:
Editable VAT code:
The default value for this field is Blank
Inc. open apps in Cost Summary: This Cost summary form is available both from the Fleet agreement review Costs Summary Tab and within the Maintenance Control Costs Summary function itself. The calculations for the cost summary grid are derived during the Build summaries routine that populates these totals. A tick within this checkbox denotes that the summary build routines is to include open approvals in the summary totals displayed in these forms.
If unticked then the routine to populate the maintenance cost summary record only accumulates values from the maintenance history file. If this parameter is switched on then all un-invoiced values on the approval file (FA.appro) for the vehicle in question are added to the totals from the maintenance history file.
If ticked the process totals the PARTSVAL and LABORVAL fields for each un-posted approval line and applies it to the relevant cost summary (FM.msumm) record using the ANALYSIS field for the relevant line (linked by cost summary letter). It also totals the SLPARTVL and SLLABRVL fields for each un-posted recharge approval line and applies it to the relevant cost summary (FM.msumm) record using the ANALYSIS field for the relevant line (linked by cost summary letter).
Note: Only values for approval lines with a SEQUENCE number greater than or equal to 3 are analysed. Un-posted approval lines are denotes by PLPOSTED not equal to Y; un-posted recharge approval lines are denoted by SLPOSTED not equal to Y.
The default value for this field is blank