Eclipse's branch hierarchy lets you define branch-specific settings at the territory level, rather than having to define multiple settings for each branch. Branches are categorized in territories and each territory is given a priority. The level of priority establishes the order of the territory list within the branch hierarchy. The system uses the branch hierarchy to apply the correct branch setting to a given system parameter, such as sell package quantity for a product, or the minimum order cycle for a buy line. Maintaining settings at the territory level, rather than at the branch level, eliminates the need for complicated mass load operations when making company wide changes to branch settings.
Each Eclipse screen where you can set branch-specific parameters, such as Product Price Maintenance or Buy Line Maintenance, lets you do one of the following:
View overrides for the branches and territories for which you have access.
View settings for a specific branch, and where those settings came from.
When you enter a screen that displays branch-specific parameters, such as Product Price Maintenance, the branches and territories that currently have settings display in the Branch/Territory column. The column lists branch overrides first, followed by territory settings that are currently in effect.
Note: You can identify a screen with branch-specific parameters by its File >Hierarchy option.
To add an override to another branch or territory, press Alt + Insert and enter the branch or territory name at the prompt. Scroll to the column that needs an override, and enter the value. You can add branches and territories only if you have access to them, and only if they have a priority assigned to them in Territory Maintenance.
To view the territory list for a selected branch, in a screen that has branch-specific parameters, select the File >Hierarchy option and enter the branch. The system populates the Branch/Territory column with the selected branch at the top as the highest priority, and lists all of the territories containing that branch that you have authorization to view in the order of their priorities. The highest priority territory is directly under the branch, and the lowest priority territory is at the bottom of the list. If you have added the ALL territory to your authorized territories in User Maintenance, the ALL territory displays at the bottom of the list. Territories that contain the selected branch, but do not have a priority setting do not display in this list, and you can use them only for reporting purposes.
In screens with branch-specific settings, you can set the parameters by territory, rather than having to set individual branch priorities. You can still set overrides at the branch level because the branch is always the highest priority level.
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