A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
Admin Role - The Role that can access Admin level menu options. Users who will Administer their Company are assigned the Admin Role. All System Roles are pre-defined in the system.
Company - The highest level of entity defined in RatePoint. If you are a Premise Based client then you can use this level to define your Companies.
Geocode - A 10 digit code assigned to a jurisdiction. 2 for State, 3 for County, and 5 for City.
Hosted - RatePoint is running at Second Decimal. You access the application remotely.
Import - Electronically move information from a file into RatePoint.
Location - The physical jurisdiction where sales or use taxes are charged.
Location file - A file that contains all of your Locations for importing into RatePoint.
Map - Associate a Geocode with a Location.
Mapped - A Location is mapped when it is associated with a Geocode.
Mapping - The process of linking a Location to a Jurisdiction.
Parent Company - The Company to which a Sub Company is associated. The hierarchical level up from a Sub Company.
Premise Based - RatePoint is installed locally at your location.
Role - A predetermined set of menu options that a User assigned to that Role may access.
Sub Company - The second highest level of entity defined in RatePoint. Each Sub Company must be related to an existing Company.
Super-User Role - The master Role that controls all of RatePoint. If you are a Premise Based client, then you will have access to the this role, otherwise Second Decimal is the Super-User.
Unmapped - A Location is unmapped when it is not associated with a Geocode.
User - Anyone who logs in to RatePoint.
User Role - The lowest level Role. All normal Users are assigned to this Role. All System Roles are pre-defined in the system.