Organizational StructureDefinitionRepresentation of the reporting structure and the distribution of tasks using organizational units (departments, for example) in an enterprise.UseIf you want to use Organizational Management and want to create anorganizational plan, you must create the basic parts of an organizational structure.

Depending on how you want to useOrganizational 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, seeStructureAn organizational structure is made up oforganizational units, which represent the departments, work groups etc. in your enterprise.IntegrationFor each organizational unit which is an element of an organizational structure, you can create and editstaff assignments.

General StructuresUseAs 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 theMatrix Organization. See alsoStructure MaintenancePrerequisitesTo 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 pathWhen 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.FeaturesCreating StructuresYou 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 StructuresYou 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. ViaGotoObject Descriptionyou 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 choosingGoto. Icons indicate which relationships may be edited and which may only be displayed.You can also select a new evaluation path.Displaying StructuresBy entering a start object and evaluation path, you specify which structures, that is, which objects and relationships you wish to display.