Create Team from Organization Unit

Explanation

This activity is used to create or add to teams using existing organization units of a company or matrix structures. The Create Team from Organization Unit assistant can be used to help transition from the ‘organization and position setup’ to the ‘team and supervisor setup’ to assign supervisors and grant access. This assistant is also available using the command button that will be enabled in the Graphical Organization Structure and Organization Units pages when an organization unit or a structure is selected.

The Add Organization Unit dialog is used to add organization units to the Create or Add to Teams from Organization Unit list. The Structures option can be used to add all organization units in a structure all at once. The Organization Units option can be used to select specific organization units to be added. The Use Organization Names as New Team Names option can be used to add organization unit IDs and names as default new team IDs and names.

The Create New Team option is enabled by default, however it is also possible to select an existing team using the Team field. This option can be used if persons from selected Organization Units should be added to already existing teams.

Add Persons to Team will add the persons associated with the employees assigned to the organization unit. If this option is not used, a team can still be created with default supervisors added, but no persons will be added.

Supervisors for the teams will be automatically derived and shown as the Default Supervisor based on the organization and position assignments of the employees associated with the persons in the added organization units.

The Include Subordinate Organization Units option is used to add persons from the subordinate organization units of the added organization unit to the new or existing team. Using this option will make it possible to view the subordinate organization units of a selected organization unit in the Subordinate Organization Units list. Default supervisors can be set separately for persons from subordinate organization units and the Exclude option can be used if only selective subordinate organization units need to be included.

Prerequisites

System Effects

As a result of this activity, new teams will be created based on organization units and/or persons will be added to existing teams.