Glossary

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


A

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.


C

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.


G

Geocode - A 10 digit code assigned to a jurisdiction.  2 for State, 3 for County, and 5 for City.


H

Hosted - RatePoint is running at Second Decimal.  You access the application remotely.


I

Import - Electronically move information from a file into RatePoint.


L

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.


M

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.


P

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.


R

Role - A predetermined set of menu options that a User assigned to that Role may access.


S

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.


U

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.