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Hierarchy Type

Each hierarchy has a type associated with it. Multiple hierarchies can share the same type and you can have multiple hierarchy types at a time. Hierarchy types are configurable during deployment.

<ProductName> Hierarchy Manager provides the following types of hierarchies:

• Billing Hierarchy. Based on the inherent structures contained within the invoice data stream. Billing hierarchies are created automatically at billing data load time. The structure of the billing hierarchy cannot be modified by the end user. A simple billing hierarchy could look like the following:
• Business Hierarchy. Also referred as organizational hierarchy. Business hierarchies are user defined structures that represent the business' groups and cost centers, they may contain service line usage and charges taken from multiple accounts.