HCM Tree Types – Overview and Examples

1. Department Trees

• Represent the hierarchical structure of departments.
• Used for security profiles, reporting, and position control.

Corporate (CORP)
├── Finance (FIN)
│   ├── Accounts Payable (FIN_AP)
│   └── Accounts Receivable (FIN_AR)
└── HR (HR)
    └── Recruitment (HR_REC)

2. Position Trees

• Show hierarchical relationships between positions (not jobs or people).
• Used in position control, approval workflows, and budget planning.

Director of Engineering
└── Senior Software Engineer
    └── Junior Software Engineer

3. Organization Trees

• Represent organizational structures.
• This may include legal employers, business units, divisions, departments, etc.

Vision Corporation
├── US Operations
│   ├── Business Unit A
│   └── Business Unit B
└── EMEA Operations

4. Geography Trees

• Represent hierarchical geography structures (Country > State > City).
• Used for geographical rollups, localization, and legal compliance.

Global Geography
├── United States (US)
│   ├── California (CA)
│   │   └── Los Angeles
│   └── New York (NY)
│       └── New York City
└── United Kingdom (UK)
    └── England
        └── London

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