Organizational Units

A organization unit defines a section of the company. This may be company itself, a division, department or team.

Organizational Units need to be linked together to build a organization chart that represents the structure of the company. By default, organizational units can be assigned to one of three types where the first one is required to be at the top level.

• Firma (company)

• Abteilung (Department)

• Referat (Division)

A organizational unit may include default permissions which are defined using BOBs. Default permissions are automatically applies to all members and the members of the nested organizational units in the lower levels.

This way it is possible to define the complex structure of a company in terms of the structure itself and the correlating permissions.

It is recommended that a organizational unit is linked to a Active Directory Organizational Unit. This is used during the onboarding process to determine where the Active Directory Account will be created.

A permission (for example VPN Access) can be applied globally by using the default permission at the top level.

Organizational Units can be maintained using the service Custom - Organizational Unit Administration. It may be possible to import organizational units from another system. Check with your consultant beforehand.

For more information on the design of BOBs, see Role Concept.