Building Structure (SAP Library

Building Structure

Definition

The building structure represents the spatial reality of the organizational units You can define hospital rooms, corridors, bed locations and so on as building units.

You define the relationships between the building units using the building hierarchy. You establish the link between the building structure and the organizational structure by assigning building units to organizational units.

Use

The building structure is only used by certain areas. You have to store the building structure in the system only if you want to use the functions of these areas. These areas in question are:

Bed scheduling in Care Unit Management
Information functions, for instance public list with room specifications
Outpatient Clinic Management
Care unit overview graphic
Patient assignment to rooms and beds