Top Organizational Unit
Definition
Organizational unit
of the university defined as the
top organizational unit of
Student Lifecycle Management
. You must define a top organizational unit in the
Student Lifecycle Management
system
.
Use
The SAP System requires the top organizational unit for the following functions and processes of
Student Lifecycle Management
:
The SAP System always reads the dates and periods specified in the academic calendar of the top organizational unit when you do not specify a concrete query object (
program
,module
, ororganizational unit
). You therefore have to create an academic calendar for the top organizational unit. In this academic calendar, you must enter the dates for time limit 0100 (standard duration of academic session
) for all relevant academic sessions. (If you have configured theStudent Lifecycle Management
system accordingly, you can use a user-defined time limit whose function corresponds to that of the standard time limit 0100 .)The SAP System uses the company codeof the top organizational unit in the following processes:
When creating the student account to be used in Student Accounting
The SAP System automatically creates a student account (contract account) when you create a student if you have made the required setting in Customizing for
Student Lifecycle Management
in the section
Student Lifecycle Management Master Data
Students
Students as Business Partners
(De)Activate Automatic Student Account Creation.
For all postings made in Student Accounting
The top org unit is the default company code for postings, but you can still post to other company codes
Activities
You define the top organizational unit in Customizing for
Student Lifecycle Management
in the section
Student Lifecycle Management Master Data
Academic Structure
Organizational Structure
Define Top Organizational Unit
.
Note
Before you can define the top organizational unit, you must map your university’s organizational plan in the SAP System using the
Organizational Management
component.
In most cases, you will define the root organizational unit of your organizational structure as the top organizational unit. However, you do not have to.
Create an academic calendar for the top organizational unit and enter the dates for time limit 0100 (or for a user-defined time limit whose function corresponds to that of time limit 0100). For more information, see Academic Calendar .
If you use Student Accounting in your system, assign the appropriate company code to your top organizational unit. To do so, choose
Student Lifecycle Management
Environment
Organizational Management
Organizational Plan
Organization and Staffing
Changefrom theSAP menu
. On the
Organization and Staffing: Change
screen, choose the organizational unit defined as the top organizational unit and enter the appropriate
company code
on the
Account Assignment
tab page.