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Prerequisites

A chief position is a position you designate to become the leader of a particular organizational unit. It is not mandatory to designate leaders of organizational units. Chief positions are identified in the tree structure by an indicator .

If you decide to designate leaders, you are creating relationship infotype records between organizational units and positions. (This is relationship A/B 012.)

The system allows you to name numerous positions as chief positions, even though they are assigned to the same organizational unit. (In some companies, certain areas may be led by more than one person.) You must make sure that there are only as many chief positions as would realistically be required.

Caution

Having a chief position is important for Workflow applications, amongst other things. With the help of this indicator, SAP Business Workflow can address a task to the superior of a position holder, the authorization of a wage rise for example.

To set up a reporting structure, you must do so in Detail Maintenance, or in the reporting structure area of Simple Maintenance.

Procedure

  1. On the Staff Assignments screen, choose the position that becomes the leader of an organizational unit.
  2. Choose Edit ® Chief Position ® Create

    3. The Create Chief screen appears, displaying the organizational unit and the position.

  3. If necessary, choose Period to adjust the validity period of the chief relationship between positions and the organizational unit.

    4. The Validity Period dialog box appears.

    1. In the fields, enter data as required.
    2. Choose Continue.

    Otherwise, skip to step 4.

  4. Save your entries.

Result

The system saves the change. The Change Staff Assignments screen appears. An indicator appears beside the position designated as the leader.

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