Creating Organizational Units

Procedure

You create organizational units when you want to add new organizational units to an organizational plan.

You can create organizational units using either Simple Maintenance or by creating infotype 1000 (object) as described here. This 'existence infotype' is a prerequisite for creating further infotypes for an object.

You can also create new organizational units by copying existing organizational units. See Copying Objects

1. On the Organizational Management screen, choose Expert Mode  Organizational Unit.

   The Maintain Organizational Unit screen appears.

2. In the Plan Version and Organizational Unit fields, enter data as required.

3. Under Infotype name, choose Object.

4. Using one of the tab pages, select the status, which you want to assign to the new object.

5. Choose Create infotype.

   The Add Object screen appears.

6. In the Validity period, Object abbreviation, and Object name fields, enter data as required.

7. Save your entries.

   You go to the Infotype 1001 Relationships: Essential Relationship screen. To create a relationship record, go to step 8. Otherwise, skip this step.

8. To create a relationship infotype record:

   1. Enter data in the appropriate fields as required.

   2. Save your entries.

   The Maintain Organizational Unit screen appears.

9. To exit the Infotype 1001 Relationships: Essential Relationships screen, choose Back or Cancel.

   The Maintain Organizational Unit screen appears.