Definition

The organizational properties of a force element.

Use

To identify force elements more precisely, you specify their organizational properties that are specific to armed forces, police, and aid organizations.

Structure

The following fields are available in the Structures Workbench on the Properties tab page:

Planning Status

The status of the underlying infotype record.

Country

Specifies the country.

Organizational Area

Organizational areas are mapped for each country to describe the structure of your organization (independently of the organizational structure). You assign a force element to an organizational area.

In the event of reorganization, the system checks whether the organizational area of the new higher-level force element is identical to the lower-level force element. If this is not the case, the user is informed and can adjust the organizational area details and dependent properties (structure type and so on).

When a new force element is created, the country and organizational area are copied from the higher-level force element as default values. Authorizations can be used to control whether a user is allowed to change these values.

You define organizational areas and their assignment to organizational area types in Customizing, by choosing Defense Forces & Public Security → Organizational Flexibility → Force Element → Define Organizational Areas

Organizational Area Type

Organizational areas are grouped by type. Depending on the organizational area selected, the organizational area type is displayed automatically. The types Military Civil Aid Organization , and Police are provided with the standard system.

You define organizational area types in Customizing, by choosing Defense Forces & Public Security → Organizational Flexibility → Force Element → Define Organizational Area Types

Structure Level

Structure levels are defined for an organizational area type to describe the hierarchical relationship (and therefore the size) of an organizational unit. You assign a force element to a structure level.

You define structure levels in Customizing, by choosing Defense Forces and Public Security → Organizational Flexibility → Force Element → Define Structure Levels

Structure Type

Structure types are defined for each structure level in an organizational area. These structure types describe the hierarchical relationship (and therefore the size) of the organizational unit. You assign a force element to a structure type.

You define structure types in Customizing, by choosing Defense Forces & Public Security → Organizational Flexibility → Force Element → Define Structure Types

Branch

An organizational area has its own branches that represent task-specific types. You assign a force element to a branch.

You define branches in Customizing, by choosing Defense Forces and Public Security → Organizational Flexibility → Force Element → Define Branches

Branch Addition

You can use a branch addition to further specify a branch. You assign a force element to a branch addition.

You define branch additions in Customizing, by choosing Defense Forces and Public Security → Organizational Flexibility → Force Element → Define Branch Additions

Branch Type

Branches are grouped by type. Depending on the branch selected, the branch type is displayed automatically.

You define branch types in Customizing, by choosing Defense Forces and Public Security → Organizational Flexibility → Force Element → Define Branch Types

Agency

A military agency is an independent, organizational element that is formed on the command or instruction of the organization and that is solely responsible for an assigned task area in line with the authority granted to it.

Symbol Code

The 15-character symbol code (in accordance with MIL-STD-2525B, Common Warfighting Symbology ) is automatically generated on the basis of the organizational properties.

Choose the Generate Symbol Code pushbutton to trigger the automatic generation of the symbol code manually.

Choose the Adjust Symbol Code Manually pushbutton to change the symbol code if required. When the organizational properties of the force element are next changed, the system generates the associated symbol code again automatically and overwrites your manual changes.

You define the generation of the symbol code in Customizing, by choosing Defense Forces and Public Security → Organizational Flexibility → Force Element → Define Symbol Code Information about the composition of the symbol code is also located here.

The symbol code can be used to determine the correct tail number for displaying military organizations in geographical information systems (GIS).

Unit Identifier Code

In accordance with the basic definition STANG 5500 and A-DatP-3 , the unit identifier code (UIC) is made up of the two-character county code, the one-character organizational area, and a user-definable, six-digit number. The system copies the country code and the organizational area. The first four digits of the six-digit number describe the unit level of the assigned organizational area, and the last two digits of the six-digit number can be used to further subdivide the unit level.

Reference Force Element

The assignment to a reference force element is for information purposes only.

This data is stored in infotype 1950 (component specific).

In addition, the following are displayed on this tab page to the day:

Usage Type

Specifies the structures in which the object is included.

You define which relationships are evaluated and displayed as well as which code is used to represent these relationships in Customizing,by choosing Defense Forces and Public Security → Organizational Flexibility → Command and Support Relationships → Define Usage Types.

Addition

Specifies whether setting up a task organization results in the force element:

being assigned an additional force element

losing an assigned force element

Both cases can also occur simultaneously.