A structure, defined in Customizing, that forms the basis of a hierarchy. The hierarchy structure determines the following properties of each hierarchy whose basis it forms:
Master data object type from which the hierarchy is built (for example, location).
Maximum number of levels the hierarchy can have.
The Levels Excluded
option enables you to define hierarchies with any number of levels.
Each hierarchy structure belongs to one of the following hierarchy structure categories:
Hierarchy
Generated hierarchy
Adapter hierarchy
Hierarchy structures are necessary prerequisites for the creation of hierarchies. For more information, see Maintain Hierarchy. Each hierarchy is based on a hierarchy structure.
You define hierarchy structures in Customizing for SCM Basis under
. For more information, see the documentation on this Customizing activity.