Basic Data (Organizational Unit)

The basic characteristics of an organizational unit.

Basic data provides organizational units with a unique identity.

• Short and long names

  In the two organizational unit fields, enter a short and long description for an organizational unit. These descriptions are displayed in the organizational structure, the staff assignments, and so on.

• Staff

  By choosing the Staff field, you can assign a staff indicator to positions or organizational units. A staff flag indicates that an organizational unit or position is not part of the normal reporting structure at your company, but rather reports directly to a high level position, or organizational unit. A position can, therefore, report directly to a member of the executive board and an organizational unit can report directly to the executive board.

• Department

  By choosing the Department field, you can assign a department indicator to organizational units. It is only necessary to flag organizational units as departments if integration between Organizational Management and Personnel Administration is active.

• Basic Data for Staff Assignments

  Basic data on the staff assignments for an organizational unit are displayed in the Staff assignments table. To display all staff assignments, select an organizational unit in the overview area and choose .

• Descriptive Texts

  You can create various texts. Select a text type and enter a text.

The fields on this tab page are integrated with infotypes from the Organizational Management Expert Mode as follows:

• Long and short name: About the Object Infotype (1000)

• Staff field: Department/Staff (Infotype 1003)

• Department field: Department/Staff (Infotype 1003)

• Descriptive Texts: About the Description Infotype (1002)