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Use

In the search area you select one or more organizational units that you want to include in your organizational structure.

You can search for the following organizational units:

HR organizational units

Cost centers

Inactive cost centers

Cost center groups

Profit centers

Inactive profit centers

Profit center groups

Company codes

Controlling areas

Prerequisites

The HR organizational units that you are looking for must exist in the current plan version.

SeeCustomizing for the relevant application component, under Enterprise Organization → Setting Active Plan Variant .

You have activated the enterprise organization for your application component.

SeeCustomizing for the relevant application component, under Enterprise Organization → Enter Settings for Enterprise Organization .

Procedure

Searching for Objects

Select the required organizational units.

The Search for <Organizational Unit > dialog box appears.

Enter a numeric key or a name.

To restrict the search further, choose an additional field.

You can also search by entering a *.

To transfer the hit list into the selection area, choose Search .

To supplement the list, choose the required organizational unit again, and then choose Add.

The organizational units that are found, are added to the list in the selection area.

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You can display more information in the hit list. You can do this to show the following columns for example:

Assignment to enterprise organization

The system displays whether the object in question is already assigned to the enterprise organization.

Link period

The system displays the period for which the object is assigned to the enterprise organization.

Activation status

The system displays whether the object is active (green) or inactive (red).

If there is an active and an inactive version of the object, the system always displays the inactive version here. You can switch between versions in the detailed information for the object.

To display the additional columns, choose Column configuration and select the appropriate column . Choose Continue .

Creating/Displaying/Deleting Search Variants

Select the required organizational units.

The Search for <Organizational Unit > dialog box appears.

Enter the desired selection criteria for the search.

Choose Create search variant and enter a suitable name.

Choose Enter .

The system saves the selection criteria you enter as a search variant and assigns these to the appropriate organizational unit in the search area.

To check your entries, select the search variant and choose Display search variant.

To delete a search variant, select the variant and choose Delete search variant.

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You can display the result of a search for a search variant directly in the selection area. To do so, choose the appropriate search variant by double-clicking on it.

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You can scroll down/up the results of the search. Choose Previous search result , or Next search result .