To access the Tables Form, follow these steps:

1. Right click on any control of any form in the program.
2. Choose Properties from the pop-up menu.
3. Click on the Tables tab.

You will see the following dialog:

The Tables Sub Form is, for the most part, a read only form that allows you to view but not change the Tables used by the CCS Accounting program in a particular Data source. The creation and version checking of Tables used by CCS are controled by the CCSFILESXX.INI file. The Propagation control is the only user-accessible control:

Propagation: This combo box allows you to set data propagation rules for all tables in CCS Payroll. Once properly set up, data from the chosen company, which then becomes the Master Company, can be automatically propagated to another company in CCS Payroll. So, for example, you could set up the Earnings and Deduction Codes in the Master Company to incorporate the functionality required by your payroll situation. You could then opt to have any new company automatically "inherit" all of the Codes when it is created. Here is the procedure for setting up data propagation:

1. Decide which company should be the Master Company.
2. Edit the Company Form for that company, click on the Propagate check box, and save your change. NOTE: Only one company can be designated as the Master Company.
3. Bring up the Table Form as described above.
4. Click on the Display List command button. A list of all available tables will appear.
5. Select the table that you want to have propagated and click on OK.
6. Make your selection from the Propagation combo box as explained below.

NOTE: Only the AUTO mode is currently enabled. A future release of CCS Payroll will incorporate the full range of options.

The types of Data Propagation are as follows:

1. None: Do not propagate data from the selected table. This is the default value for all tables in CCS.
2. Auto: Automatically propagate the data from the selected table. In the Auto mode, CCS makes intelligent choices for data propagation. It would never, for example, attempt to propagate any information from the Employee table that would obviously be unique to the individual (Name, Address, SSN, etc.). Chosing this option causes CCS to create a specially formatted .ini file that will be used by the program instead of the default CCS .ini file when a new company is created. The .ini file will automaticallly be updated every time you modify the selected table in the Master Company.
3. All-New Companies Only: Propagate the entire table into every new company that is created. In this mode, CCS will replicate the entire table in every new company. If, for example, you went to the Employee table and selected this mode, the next company you created would have an exact copy of the Employee table in it, to include all of the Names, Addresses, SSN's, etc. (We can't imagine why you would want to, but you could. Earning and Deduction Codes would be a much better example of a table to copy in its entirety.)
4. All-Overwrite Existing Companies: Propagate this table into all existing companies. Let's say, for example, that you created your own Local Tax table, and that it would be applicable to all or most of your other companies. Selecting this mode of propagation would cause the entire table to show up in companies that were already on record.
5. Selected Columns: This option would allow you to pick which fields you want to propagate.

Note: You do not need to add/edit or delete Tables to use any CCS Accounting Program. The creation and maintenance of Tables and Columns are handled automatically by the CCS Accounting Program.

Note: If you feel that the Tables Table has been damaged, then Drop the Tables Table in the data source (normally CCSCNTRL) and rerun the CCS Accounting Program. A new Tables Table will be created as currently specified by the CCSFilesXX.ini File.