Introducing the Administration Module

The Administration module is intended for the MIP Fund Accounting system administrator. It includes detailed information about setting up users, establishing security, and entering organization/system specific data. The Getting Started guide contains information about analyzing and setting up your chart of accounts. It also provides forms that guide you through the organization creation process.

To Use This System

1. First, the MIP Fund Accounting system must be installed. Administration is required to run the system.
2. The first time you log on to the system, enter NPS in the User box.The user ID NPS initially has no password and has full security rights to all systems. Once your own user ID is created by the Administrator (Security>Maintain Users), go back and establish a password for NPS.
3. Once the Administration module is accessed, create a new organization using File>New Organization.
4. After selecting the new organization using File>Open Organization, all of the menu selections become available for all the modules that you have installed and added to the system.
5. There are Checklists available for setting up this system and its processes. Please refer to the online help (Help>Contents and Index>Reference) for specific menu selections, checklists, and common questions.