Enterprise Structure - Organizational Units
The R/3 System distinguishes between different forms of organization which have specific meanings within their respective applications. You can use them to define your enterprise structure from an application-specific viewpoint. Every component of the R/3 system has its own
Organizational Unit.For example, you can use:
Company Codes and business areas, to define your business for accounting purposes, Controlling Areas to define your business for controlling purposes, and Financial Management Areas (FM areas) to define your business for funds management purposes.The
Client is in itself commercially, organizational and data technically a closed unit within an R/3 system and corresponds to the overall organization.Organizational Units
In order to take advantage of the integration in the SAP system, you must link the organizational units of different components with each other. Refer to:
You create the organizational units in the Customizing of Enterprise Structure. For further information, see the Implementation Guide under Enterprise structure. You can find information about creating an FM area under Maintain FM Area.
The functional features of organizational units are done in the Customizing of the corresponding components. See the Implementation Guide Funds Management Government for more information about features of the FM area.
