SAP ABAP IMG Activity SIMG_CFMENUOHP1OO9M (Define Matrix Types)
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IMG Activity
ID SIMG_CFMENUOHP1OO9M Define Matrix Types  
Transaction Code S_AHR_61003177   IMG Activity: SIMG_CFMENUOHP1OO9M 
Created on 19981221    
Customizing Attributes SIMG_CFMENUOHP1OO9M   Matrix Organization: Define Matrix Types 
Customizing Activity SIMG_CFMENUOHP1OO9M   Matrix Organization: Define Matrix Types 
Document
Document Class SIMG   Hypertext: Object Class - Class to which a document belongs.
Document Name SIMG_CFMENUOHP1OO9M    

Two different principles of subdivision overlap on the same level in a matrix organization, that is, there is vertical as well as horizontal division. In conjunction with Organizational Management, the points at which the two dimensions meet can, for example, represent positions that must perform tasks for both the vertical and horizontal dimension.

In this step, you define matrix types, which specify how the matrix organization will appear according to the selection of object types in the two dimensions.

First, you create start object types that are to be allocated to both the horizontal and vertical dimensions of the matrix organization.

By entering an evaluation path for each dimension ("SBESX", for example), you determine which additional object types are to be displayed in the matrix view and which object structures are therefore to be displayed in the structure view. Finally, you specify the type of relationship (matrix relationship) between the objects and the two dimensions.

Example

The following is an example of how a matrix organization works in an enterprise:

  • Example: Division matrix organization

    An enterprise in the consumer industry has several hundred employees and is organized in a hierarchy according to function. After a while, three product groups or divisions form: The stereo department, the domestic appliances department and the bicycle department.

    The division matrix organization is based on a division organization, overlapped by a hierarchy based on function. The managers of the divisions are responsible for their divisions, which are profit centers, and therefore economically, but not legally, independent enterprises.

    The primary functions of these divisions are production and sales processes such as marketing, development or manufacturing, as well as secondary functions such as financial accounting, payroll and human resources, these are also functions of the central areas.

    This leads to employees being subordinate to two people. The manager of financial accounting and payroll is subordinate both professionally and for matters of discipline to the manager of his division, he also follows the guidelines of the financial accounting and payroll areas.

    The matrix provides you with a clear picture of the structure of the enterprise as described above and displays and evaluates the employees that are subordinated twice (and the positions they occupy), their allocation by function on the one hand, and the division they belong to on the other.

    The central areas (object type O) are represented by organizational units in the vertical dimension, dimension 1, and the divisions (object type IL) are arranged in dimension 2, the horizontal dimension. Assignments between the dimensions and the relationship period are represented by the points at which the dimensions cross.

    The matrix relationship is:

    Employee (Position) "belongs organizationally to" Division X (A222), or

    Division X "incorporates SAP organizational objects" (B 222).

    To display the entire structure of dimension 1 (including the positions relevant to the matrix relationship), you must have entered the evaluation path "SBESX" in the previous example.

Activities

  1. Choose 'New entries'.

    The 'New Entries: Add detail' screen appears.

  2. Enter an abbreviation of up to 10 characters and a name of up to 25 characters for the new matrix type. You can use "Division" and "Division organization", for example.
  3. Enter a name of up to 25 characters for the current dimension and select an object type (in the above example, "Central area" or "Division" as well as object types "O" and "IL").
  4. By entering an evaluation path (for example: "SBESX"), you determine which structure within the dimension can be displayed in the structure view. You do not have to enter an evaluation path if the objects in a dimension do not form a structure.
  5. Select a name for the matrix organization which should apply to objects from both dimensions (A/B222, see above).

Further notes

You can enter the matrix type you defined in this step in the initial screen of matrix maintenance. The parameters of the matrix type will automatically be transferred to the dialog box. You then only have to enter the start objects for both dimensions.

Business Attributes
ASAP Roadmap ID 204   Establish Functions and Processes 
Mandatory / Optional 2   Optional activity 
Critical / Non-Critical 2   Non-critical 
Country-Dependency A   Valid for all countries 
Assigned Application Components
Documentation Object Class Documentation Object Name Current line number Application Component Application Component Name
SIMG SIMG_CFMENUOHP1OO9M 0 HLA0009702 O HLA0100342 O HLA0009709 O HLA0100341  
SIMG SIMG_CFMENUOHP1OO9M 1 O HLA0009701  
Maintenance Objects
Maintenance object type C   Customizing Object 
Assigned objects
Customizing Object Object Type Transaction Code Sub-object Do not Summarize Skip Subset Dialog Box Description for multiple selections
T779M S - Table (with text table) OO9M OO9M_01 Define Matrix Types 
History
Last changed by/on SAP  19990315 
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