Position Hierarchy & Employee Supervisor

[vangala.jpreddy]

Dear Gurus,

Please explain in detail about the following oracle terms also explain how they function.

1. Position hierarchy
2. Employee supervisor.

Thanks in advance
Jayaprakash.

[anu_uma]

Hi,

Please refer the below link and if u have any doubt please let me know


topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3839

Anu

[anu_uma]

Position Hierarchies are hierarchies that have a position relationship. Purchasing utilizes positions to determine how and where documents will be routed once the approval process has been initiated. It is first necessary to have created all positions that are going to be used in the system. Once all positions have been created, it is necessary to build the position hierarchy.

Each position has some approval limits, so when a purchase order exceeds the limits of the position, the purchase order is forwarded onto the next position in the Hierarchy.

The hierarchy for positions is defined on the Position Hierarchy form. Purchasing does not check for the primary check box on Position Hierarchy form.

When this setup is complete or is changed, the Fill Employee Hierarchy concurrent program must be run for the new hierarchy to come into effect.

You must set up Positions if you plan to use either security or approval hierarchies.

In Employee/Supervisor Relationship type of hierarchy does not use the Approval Hierarchy form, but is defined by the employee/supervisor relationship. The supervisor of an employee is defined on the Assignment region of the Employee form. If the purchase order entered by the employee exceeds the approval limits, the purchase order is forwarded onto the employees' supervisor, as defined on the Employee form.

To use this type of approval , we need to define jobs only. The job will then serve as the tie to the Approval group, and based on the approval limits from the Approval Group, the Document will either be Approved or to be Forwarded to the Employees? Supervisor.

If there is no Supervisor found and the job assigned to the employee does not have Approval Authority, then the Approving employee must enter a Forward-to person, or the Document will be returned to an Incomplete status and a notification will be sent to the Approving employee, stating - 'No Approver Found - Please Select a Forward-To Employee'.


Anu