Concept: Locations and Location Hierarchies

Locations are similar to organizations. You can:

Set up locations with a hierarchical structure without including them in a location hierarchy.
Create work space levels to give you more control over how you track the location of a worker or business asset. Work space levels are hierarchical and must roll up to a location marked as a Business Site.
Use locations to set default item such as data values, date formats, and time zones.

A location hierarchy is an ordered structure of locations. Workday automatically includes workers as members of location hierarchies when the hierarchy includes the location of their position. You can:

Assign roles on a location hierarchy.
Use location hierarchies to define geographical regions for regulatory reporting.

Example: You create a location hierarchy for California and configure San Francisco, Los Angeles, and San Diego as subordinate locations. The California location hierarchy is a subordinate of the Western U.S. location hierarchy.

A worker's location is an attribute of their position or job. A worker's location must be a business site or subordinate to a business site. You can use a worker's location in eligibility rules and intersection security groups.

Work spaces are specific locations, such as a desk, office, or cubicle, related to each worker's position. You can create work spaces as part of a location hierarchy. A work space must be subordinate to another location within a location hierarchy. You can access the

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