The data transfer should be performed as extensively as possible. For this reason the following three rules have been created:

When you create a functional location or reference functional location, the system tries to determine the superior location from the label and automatically writes this in the master record for the new location.

When the system finds a superior functional location, it transfers all the data that makes sense to be transferred to the new master record. The user cannot change this setting using the Customizing functions.

When you create a functional location, you can refer to a reference functional location, by which you will later still have the possibility of maintaining data centrally in the assigned master records by using data transfer.

When you create a functional location and use a reference location as a copy reference, the data from this has priority over the data from the functional location that is higher in the hierarchy.

When you create a functional location and use another location as a copy reference, the system also copies the reference functional location that is entered in the copy reference.