Organizational Structure

Definition
Representation of the reporting structure and the distribution of tasks using organizational
units (departments, for example) in an enterprise.

Use
If you want to use Organizational Management and want to create an
organizational plan , you must create the basic parts of an organizational structure.

Depending on how you want to use Organizational Management, you must decide which
units you want to include in your organizational structure. For a rough depiction, you can
restrict the structure to the main departments. For a more detailed depiction, you can also
include subsections and work groups, for example.
According to this organizational structure, you can execute evaluations data, or , in
Workflow, you can search for the agent of a task.
You carry out assignments and restrictions in the representation of an organizational
structure. For more information, see

Structure
An organizational structure is made up of

organizational units , which represent the departments, work groups etc. in your enterprise.

Integration
For each organizational unit which is an element of an organizational structure, you can
create and edit
staff assignments .

General Structures
Use
As well as the standard object types used in Organizational Management, you can nclude
objects types, which you have defined yourself (teams, for example) in the structure.
This function is used, for example, when editing dimensions within the
Matrix Organization. See also Structure Maintenance

Prerequisites
To be able to edit and display functions, you must do the following in the initial screen

determine the object type of the start object

enter the object ID and abbreviation of the start object
enter an evaluation path

When you enter a start object and evaluation path, a structure appears, in which you can
edit and display objects or relationships as well as create new objects and relationships.
Evaluation paths determine the objects and relationships that are to be edited or displayed
as well as the new objects and relationships that may be created.
You may only edit and display objects and relationships beneath the start object in the
hierarchy that are included in the evaluation path. This also applies to the creation of new
objects and relationships.

Features
Creating Structures

You create the root object by entering an object type, abbreviation and name. From this root
object, you can add subordinate objects and relationships to the structure. By entering an
evaluation path, you specify the objects and relationships you wish to include in the
structure.
Editing Structures
You can edit structures, which already exist, that is, you can delimit, move or delete objects
from the structure as well as create new objects in the structure. You may also create,
delimit and delete relationships. Via Goto Object Description you can also maintain
infotypes for individual objects.
If you want to create object or relationship, a dialog box appears, which displays the objects
and relationships you may create. The system determines this selection based on the
evaluation paths, which you entered.
You can display the evaluation path you have selected by choosing Goto. Icons indicate
which relationships may be edited and which may only be displayed.
You can also select a new evaluation path.

Displaying Structures
By entering a start object and evaluation path, you specify which structures, that is, which
objects and relationships you wish to display.