Activating the Hierarchy and Making it Usable or Unusable

When you have finished defining the hierarchy and its levels, make a hierarchy active and usable.

When a hierarchy's Active flag is set to Yes:

• You can add terms to the levels in the hierarchy.
• However, you cannot add levels to an active hierarchy.
• You can never change the setting back to No.

When a hierarchy's Usable flag is set to Yes:

• You can assign the hierarchy to object subtypes.
• You can set it back to No as long as it is not assigned to any subtypes.

This section contains the following topics:

• Activate and Make Usable
  To activate a hierarchy, do the following:
• Make Unusable
  If you prefer not to make the hierarchy usable at this time, do the following: