A relationship with no defined direction between a pair of R/3 System organizational units is chosen when it is impossible to determine which instance is dependent on the other.

Examples of relationships with no defined direction follow:

• A sales organization can sell materials from different divisions assigned to it. It is also possible for several sales organizations to sell materials from one division (cn:cm).
• A sales organization can use several distribution channels to sell materials. A distribution channel can be used by several sales organizations (cn:cm).
• Business areas and company codes can be installed within one client (logical system) but can be defined independently. Posted values from accounting in a single company code may be assigned to different business areas. The business area can be inferred from information gathered in business cases (for example, deriving the business area from materials, plant or cost center information about goods receipts) or may have been entered manually.

In the following examples it is not possible to declare one unit to be dependent on the other. There are two alternative ways of portraying this. The two portrayals and their respective merits are explained in the following sections: