in an organization plan, relationships are used to link different object types.

example − a person holding a position in an organization is assigned with cost center. it defines a person to position relationship and position to organization unit.

while defining a hierarchical organization structure, it means you are creating a relationship between organization objects. when a person is holding a position in an organization unit, it means there is relationship between position object and organization object.

a relationship can be created in both the ways- top down and bottom approach. these relationships are normally maintained in hrp001 table. if these relationships are not standard, you may need additional tables.

to maintain relationship, use t-code: pp01 or pp03.

a new window will open with the name maintain object.

select the object type, enter position number, give relationship and click create (f5).

object types and essential relationships

go to spro → img → personnel management → organizational management → basic settings → data model enhancement → maintain object types → execute

to create new object type and assigning relationships follow the steps given below.

step 1 − create new object type and assign essential relationships.

step 2 − assign object to the required infotypes.

step 3 − maintain subtypes.

step 4 − maintain personnel actions.

step 5 − assign number range.

step 6 − maintain object via pp03 or pp01.

step 7 − go to the change view “object types”: overview window. click new entries to create a new object type. you can also copy an existing object type.

step 8 − enter object type text, code, etc. when the object is created, assign essential relationships to it by clicking on essential relationships on the left side.

• assigning a relationship means that once an object is created, the assigned relationships are mandatory to be maintained.

• maintaining object types is available in table: t7780

• maintaining essential relationship is available in table: t7750

relationship maintenance

for maintaining relationship in sap hr module, go to spro → img → personnel management → organizational management → basic settings → data model enhancement → relationship maintenance → maintain relationships → execute

in the left pane, go to allowed relationships, select the relationship you want to maintain, click position.