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level in the account hierarchy and identify the departments that are charged for postage.
Example:
Account - Engineering, Sub account - Software
Account - Engineering, Sub account - Industrial Design
l Sub sub account - If you create sub sub accounts for sub accounts, the sub sub accounts
become the lowest level in the account hierarchy and identify the departments that are
charged for postage.
Example:
Account - Engineering, Sub account - Software, Sub sub account - Software Testing
Account - Engineering, Sub account - Software, Sub sub account - Software Design
Account - Engineering, Sub account - Industrial Design, Sub sub account - Graphics and
Layout
Account - Engineering, Sub account - Industrial Design, Sub sub account - User Friendly
Testing
When multiple account levels are created, the accounts are linked (account-sub account, or
account-sub account-sub sub account). They become a set and are treated as one separate
account, with one account number and one password. The top level account number and
password are rolled down to the first sub account that is created. When you add second sub
account to this top level account, you create a new linked set of accounts with a different
account number and password.
NOTE: Only the lowest level of the account hierarchy is chargeable. This means that trans-
actions can only be posted to that account.
Account Attributes
When you create accounts, you assign the following attributes to each top level account, sub
account, and sub sub account:
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Account name: This can be any name you assign to an account, sub account or sub sub
account. You must assign a name to each account, sub account and sub sub account
you create. For information on the types of characters that can be used in account names,
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