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Affiliate equipment cross-reference table  

The national entity sets up equipment units in its database for all the equipment defined in the affiliate's database. The equipment cross-reference allows the centralized billing system to identify the affiliate's equipment on the national entity's system. The cross-reference serves to maintain only the exceptions.

Note: Because the equipment cross-reference contains only exceptions, it is possible for an affiliate equipment code to be mapped to the wrong equipment code at the national entity. For example: Affiliate 1 sets up a new equipment code 999 and Affiliate 2 sets up a new equipment code 999 whose definition is different from Affiliate 1's. The national entity sets up code 999 for the purpose of Affiliate 1. When a work order is received for Affiliate 2 containing the code 999, and there is no cross-reference maintained for Affiliate 2 for this code, this work order will be accepted as valid, since code 999 has already been set up. But it would be mapped to the code 999 intended for Affiliate 1.

1. At the EMMS main menu, select Customer | Centralized Billing | National Head Office | Work With Affiliates.
   • The Work With Affiliates display screen appears.
2. Right-click on the affiliate and select Equip.
   • The Affiliate Equipment Cross-reference change screen appears.
3. Click Add .
   • The Affiliate Equipment Cross-reference add screen appears.
4. Fill in the fieldsfields as required.

   Affiliate Unit Number is the unit number by which the equipment unit is known in the affiliate's database.

   National Unit Number is the unit number by which the equipment unit is known in the national entity's database. You can right-click in the field and select Prompt to select the unit from a list.

5. Click Enter to save the cross-references.
6. Click Exit to return to the Work With Affiliates display screen.

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