About Manager Access Control

You can indirectly associate a position with data associated with subordinate positions in a reporting hierarchy. For example, in the My Team’s Opportunities view, an employee with a particular active position can see opportunities associated with that position and opportunities associated with subordinate positions.

Manager-subordinate relationships are determined from a position hierarchy. One position hierarchy is included as seed data when you install your Siebel application. You can specify one parent position for a position, which represents that the position is a direct report to the parent. The parent of an internal position can be in the same division or a different division. For example, a sales manager in the Sales division can report to a sales vice president in the Corporate division.

In a view using manager access control, an employee or partner user has access to data according to the behavior outlined in the following topics.