Creating Organizational Units (SAP Library

Creating Organizational Units

Use

You create organizational units to create an organizational structure.

Prerequisites

You must first have created a root organizational unit. For more information, see Creating Objects and Organizational Units

You are familiar with Validity Select a key date and preview period.

Procedure

Select an organizational unit (the root organizational unit, for example) in the organizational structure in which you want to create a new organizational unit.

The organizational structure is displayed in the overview area.

For more information, see Finding Objects and Displaying Objects.

In the overview area, select the organizational unit that you want to be the parent object of the new organizational unit.
Choose .

The new organizational unit is displayed in the overview area. The tab pages showing the properties of the new organizational unit are displayed in the detail area.

Replace the default short and long descriptions on the Basic Data tab page with names of your choice.

For more information on editing characteristics, see Editing Organizational Units.

Save your entries by choosing .

For information on how to restrict the validity of your organizational unit or its assignments, see Delimiting/Deleting Organizational Units or Assignments.

Result

The new organizational unit is created.

The position is valid from the key date entered in the detail area or from the key date that you entered on the Basic Data tab page.
The organizational unit is assigned to the parent organizational unit from the key date entered in the overview area.