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2.01.26 Unit

The Mask Unit manages the organizational structures of the company. Usually departments and sub-departments (if necessary also locations) with the corresponding employees are defined here. These units are used (analogous to the projects) as a basis for the local authorization system (see also Administration Guide). They can also be used to assign projects to organizational units.

Note: Functional authorizations can be defined for these units (analogous to the project structures) (see also administration guide).

This mask consists of the following elements:

General Data

Basic Information:

Description: This field indicates the unit (location, department, subsection, ...).

Cost Center: Here you can define the cost center to which the unit is to be allocated.

Active: At this point you can mark whether the unit in question is active or not.

Note: This field is used to enter comments.

Structure:

Superior Unit: This multiple selection includes all higher-level units (such as main departments or locations).

Subordinate Unit: This multiple selection includes all subordinate units (such as subdivisions).

Unit Managers: This multiple selection includes the heads/supervisors of the unit (usually heads of department or, if the units are sites, the heads of the sites).

Unit Members: This multiple selection includes all employees of this unit/department. In addition to the employees, the system also interprets the unit leaders of the subordinate units as employees of the unit.

Misc

Technical Details:

Key: This alphanumeric field uniquely identifies the unit in the system.

Top Unit: Top most unit of this hierarchy.

Items: Unit is responsible for this set of products.

Occupations: Units can perform these activities.