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Back Office: Add a new unit to the business structure

Create new items - such as departments, management units, cost centres and locations - and add them to the organisational hierarchy.

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Written by Steve Cole
Updated over a month ago

In the back office, you can create new organisation units in your business structure, then add them to the hierarchy as follows.

Create a new organisation unit

You have two alternate methods to create a new business unit.

  1. To configure it via the reference menus, follow the below steps.

    1. Click CorePersonnel, then click Reference.

    2. Click the alphabetic reference group of the element name you want to add, then select it from the list.

      E.g. To add a location, click Reference K - P, then select Location Codes.

    3. If present, click the query Green Tick icon to refresh the list of configured codes.

    4. Click the insert Green Plus icon to create a new record.

    5. Enter the details for the new business unit, then click the save Yellow Save icon.

      πŸ“ŒNote: Where the option is present, enable Active before saving.

  2. You can add the new element via the organisational hierarchy configuration.

    1. Click CorePersonnel, then click Maintenance.

    2. Click Post Management, then select Organisational Hierarchy.

    3. Click Edit next to your structure, then click Yes.

    4. Click Reference of the unit you're updating, then click the query Green Tick icon if present.

    5. Click the insert Green Plus icon to create a new record.

    6. Enter the details for the new business unit, then click the save Yellow Save icon.


Add an organisation unit to the hierarchy

  1. Click CorePersonnel, then click Maintenance.

  2. Click Post Management, then select Organisational Hierarchy.

  3. Click Data next to your structure, then click the expand Black Plus icons to the level required.

    E.g., to add a new location to a department, you'll expand to the department it's to be added to.

  4. Click Add Department, or Add Location, or the unit that you're adding.

  5. Check Include Linked Items to display all available elements.

  6. Search for the item to be added, then select Add To Hierarchy.

  7. Click Add, then click Save.

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