PeopleSoft HCM Business Units

In PeopleSoft Resource Management, the system uses the HR business unit to associate resources with organizational units. Even if you don't integrate with PeopleSoft HCM, you must establish HR business units.

When you implement PeopleSoft Resource Management with PeopleSoft HCM, you create a system of business unit and SetID functionality that matches the way you manage processes related to both resources and HR. The system must also handle the integration issues of using multiple applications.

If you are defining the business organization for PeopleSoft Resource Management and PeopleSoft HCM for the first time, you must establish business units and SetIDs for both applications.

If the organization uses PeopleSoft HCM to manage employee data, consider using the same business units in the Financials database and the HCM database. A one-to-one correlation between PeopleSoft HCM and PeopleSoft Resource Management business units simplifies organizational structure, business rules, and processing.