SuccessFactors - Objects Definiton

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Please find the Successfactors -Objects with brief defintion.

Standard Label	Definition
Legal Entity	This is the company or legal entity where the employee is hired.  No legal entity can cover more than one country, so the country in the legal entity determines the country of employees assigned to the legal entity
Business Unit	Level of organisation hierarchy lower than Legal Entity. It is the Business area of the company, represents one operating unit or Represents the business function within the Company (not geographical)
Division	Level of Organisation hierarchical structure lower than Business Unit. Sub division of the business function
Department	Department where the employee works which is lower thank Division in Organisational Hierarchy
Cost Centre	Where the employee’s costs get assigned.  It can be assigned at Business Unit, Division, Department or Position. This doesn’t fall part of Organisational Hierarchy but it hierarchically inherited along the structure. It is usually defined in the Financial system.
Location	Physical Location where  the employee work. Has a business address
Position	They are concrete and can be occupied by the Employee in the Company, which is part of Organization Hierarchy. Positions are considered single instances of a role. (i.e. “Sales Director” is a role. “Sales Director, Northeast Region” is a Position) It is assigned with Job Role, Competencies and various attributes
Location Group	Geographical grouping of the Location Foundation objects. Used for reporting purposes primarily
Custom Objects	Customer requirement is typical and the standard given object are not enough, other custom objects can be added to enhance the organization structure.

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