XP with service pack 2 installed.

"201:215" is not a mask, it's a Range. Masks must have "?" in them.

If you are trying to create a statement that sums two non-contiguous departments, use "Departmental Comparative" to select the two departments, and then create a column that is the sum of the two departments.

Masks are a maximum of 6 characters and must have question marks ("?") in some of the character positions.

Agree about the range but I am attempting to create a mask. In version 8.0b using the sample data, the ok button will not activate if you start with the word Departments highlighted in the department view. If you first highlight a department;ie 100, then create a mask it will activate. In version 8.0a it works either way. It happens on both Windows 2000 and XP.

It is not much of a problem unless you are trying to create masks without having any departments.

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Don Wise
Westboro

OK, I see the issue if you have the word "Department" highlighted when you right mouse click. If you have any department selected, then the OK button will be enabled as soon as you type your first question mark ("?"). A bit disconcerting.

In any event, just add a single department into the Ledger (Edit | Departments) to give yourself something to click on. The department doesn't have to exist.

How can you be creating departmental masks with no departments? I don't think I understand that.

In this particular case we have taken the one 6 digit department number and subdivided it into three 2 digit categories, called funding, program and location. A fourth category called division adds a fifth digit to the 4 digit account code. It is like having a five segment GL account number. Departmental masks are critical to the financial reports as they allow us to report on a category or combinations of categories. The adselect function allows us to pick out the division. The traditional Adagio department would only exist if we were reporting on a specific funding/program/location combination.

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Don Wise
Westboro

Aaah - I get it.

OK - just add the "traditional" Adagio Ledger departments (or at least one) so that you have something to "click on" when defining the mask.

When I Right Click in the Department View, I don't see Create Department Range at all. I can only Create a Department Mask. When highlight is on a Department Range already created, I can edit that range.
Thought maybe terminology had changed, but I think something is missing.

In order to see the 'Create Departmental Range' option on the menu, you must multi-select two or more consecutive departments. Only then will the dept range function be available. Note also that ranges are restricted to consecutive departments; if you highlight non-contiguous departments then the range function will not be available.

To summarize:

To create a department range, select a contiguous range of department codes using shift-click, and right mouse button to create (and name) the range.

To create a departmental mask, select a single department, and right mouse button. The OK button will turn on when you have typed a question mark ("?") in one of the character positions to define the mask.