HCM Position Hierarchy

Position hierarchy defines positions' relationships. The HCM position hierarchy is built based on these relationships. You enable the HCM position hierarchy on the Manage Enterprise HCM Information page in the Setup and Maintenance work area.

When you enable HCM position hierarchy:

• You can specify the parent position for a position on the Create and Edit Position pages in the Workforce Structures work area. When you search for positions based on a parent position, it will show all child positions for the specific parent position.

• You can also use the hierarchy to synchronize the line manager in the assignment from the line manager value in the parent position.

• You can view the positions that are part of the HCM position hierarchy on the My Team page and view the incumbents for a position.

• You can inactivate a position only if an incumbent with an inactive assignment exists.

Updating the Position Hierarchy

You can only correct the HCM position hierarchy. You can enable or disable the position hierarchy configuration by flattening the existing hierarchy. You must run the Synchronize Person Assignments from Position process to flatten the position hierarchy.

When the position hierarchy is flattened, then schedule to run the Synchronize Person Assignments from Position process. This will apply the manager changes in assignments if the position hierarchy is changed after person and assignments are created. The assignment changes can exist on the current date, date in the future, or in the past.

You can't change the position hierarchy configuration if the line manager is synchronized based on the HCM position hierarchy. However, if line manager synchronization was configured as of a date in the past, then you can correct the position hierarchy configuration.