Vendors can be grouped by one or more common attributes, which can be recorded in the profile or be external to the system. A vendor can belong to one or multiple groups. The Group button will bring up the Vendor Groups screen. Here you can create new groups or edit existing groups. A Group can be a very effective device for managing your business and enhancing Web Suite. Many Web Suite screens enable you to filter information by groups. You could group together vendors with the same bill rate and cost rate. It is worth a little time to create groups, because they can save a substantial amount of time down the road. For example, you can create a group of all vendors and label it All. The group of All vendors could be used in fee schedules for activities that have the same bill and cost rate for each vendor.
Include All:
Selecting this option includes all the vendors in the selected group. In addition, if this is left checked, any new vendors that are added to the database are automatically added to the selected group.
Vendor Groups:
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to select one from the drop-down list.
Name:
Name of the vendor group selected above.
Inactive:
Select this option to make the selected group as inactive. Inactive groups will not appear in the time and expense entry screens, nor will they be figuring in Project Control and Employee Control screens.
Available/Assigned Items:
Available vendors are in the left list box, while included vendors are in the right one. Arrowhead buttons between the lists move selected vendors back and forth.
Find 
:
Searches for a vendor in the grid using full or partial ID, vendor name or title. Press Tab key to jump to the nearest match in the list.
Help:
Opens the Web Suite Help in the Vendor Groups section.
Print:
To preview and print a vendor group report, click Print button. Preview displays the full screen representations of the report and allows you the choice of printing or exporting the report. Print button provides you with various options: report preview, print setup, printer selection, refresh data, export data, toggle group tree, zoom, find data and page navigation. Web Suite enables you to zoom in three stages (full page, full width, and close-up) to find the most desirable appearance. You can maneuver around the screen by using the horizontal and vertical slide bars at the bottom and right side of the screen.
Click the Printer icon at the top of the Preview window to print the report. To export data, while you are in the preview window, click on the icon. Save the file to the desired location. You can export the report in various formats, including PDF, HTML, Excel, ODBC, Rich Text Format (RTF), and ASCII.
Save:
After you have completed entering or modifying vendor groups, click Save to save the information.
Delete:
You can delete an entire vendor group by filling in the Vendor Group ID and then clicking Delete.
New:
Click to open the New Vendor Group screen wherein you can add a new Vendor group into the Web Suite.
Return:
Closes the Vendor Groups screen. Be sure to click Save before closing to save your changes.