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Last Updated: 2023-06-23
Create Location Hierarchies

Create Location Hierarchies

Security:
Manage: Location Hierarchy
 domain in the Organizations and Roles functional area.
You can use location hierarchies to assign roles and define geographical regions for regulatory reporting. Example: You create a location hierarchy for Ireland and configure Dublin, Cork and Galway as subordinate locations. The Ireland location hierarchy is a subordinate of the EMEA location hierarchy.
  1. Access the
    Create Location Hierarchy
     task to create a top-level location hierarchy.
  2. As you complete the task, consider:
    Option Description
    Name
    Workday creates an effective date for the name when you create a location hierarchy.
    You can change the name and apply effective dating by selecting
    Organization
    Edit Name
     from the related actions menu of the organization.
    Visibility
    When determining who can view an organization, Workday prioritizes organization visibility over the access rights of the worker's role-based security group.
  3. (Optional) Specify which organizations that you can assign to a worker's position restriction for the location on the Organization Assignments tab. You should assign organizations to the lowest level of a hierarchy so that locations on that hierarchy inherit the assignments.
Access the
View Organization
 report to view the locations in your location hierarchy. You can create a subordinate of a location hierarchy by selecting
Reorganization
Create Subordinate
 from the related actions menu of the hierarchy.
Access the
Maintain Organization Subtypes
 task to edit or create location hierarchy subtypes.