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Organisation Key Configuration (VDSK1)

In this step, you can carry out an additional organizational assignment for youremployees. By using the organizational key, you can refine both the enterprise and the

personnel structure. The organizational key is made up of a 14-character field. You can

determine the structure of this yourself.

You can use all the elements of the organizational structure (all the fields in the infotype

Organizational Assignment 0001) to define the organizational key. To enable you to dothis, you can choose from fields that are shown, such as 'company code', 'employee

group', 'organizational unit', 'administrator group', as well as from the hidden fields

'formatted employee name' (for example Dr. Fritz Meier) and 'employee name for sorting'

(for example MEIER FRITZ). As before, specific control tables and rules tables are alsoprovided for you.

The organizational key is part of the authorization check in the HR Human Resources)

module, this means you can revise the authorization check by using the organizationalkey.

Example

You want to define an access authorization at the cost center level.

You want to define an authorization check based on the first letter of the surname.

Activities

1. Define the link Organizational key control Employee when you maintain thefeature Organizational key (VDSK1).2. Determine the organizational key control.

a) In the field Variable key, set up the variable key in accordance with the return code of

the feature VDSK1.b) By using the field Default/validation, you can control how the system should proceed

when assigning the organizational key in the infotype Organizational Assignment (0001).

The following characteristics for the field Organizational key (P0001-VDSK1) are

available:Setting Characteristic

1 optional entry without validation

2 optional entry with validation3 required entry with validation

4 default which cannot be overwritten

5 default without validation which can be overwritten6 default with validation which can be overwritten

7 default with validation which cannot be overwritten

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If you use indicators that produce a default, i.e. if you use 4, 5, 6 or 7, you must also

maintain the creation rules.

If you use an indicator that carries out a validation, i.e. 2, 3, 6 or 7, you must alsomaintain "Validation" (point 4).

c) Determine the rules for creating the organizational key. To do this, you must enter the

key for the creation rule.3. If necessary, define the creation rule.

To define a creation rule, you must store values in several fields:

a) By using the field Creation rule, you can determine the key under which the creationrule is defined.

b) By using the field Number, you can determine in which sequence, the fields from

infotype Organizational assignment are used to create the organizational key.