The generic Department business object is an IBM representation of department information in a human resources application. It is used to transfer department data from a human resources application to another human resources application. A department represents a specialized division within a company or organization. This division provides activity tracking and defines the relationships the department has with other organizational groups. Since the definition of a department may change, a specified period of time is assigned to define the lifetime of a department.
The generic Department business object is a hierarchical business object that includes a header and one child business object. The header includes only the department ID or abbreviation that defines the department (for example: Dept. 101).
The Department header references the DeptDetails child business object, which includes such information as the effective start and end dates that the department is valid, the status of the department (for example: active, planned, submitted, approved, or rejected), a long description of the department (for example: Cost Accounting for Company A), a short description of the department (for example: Dept. 1100), and the language in which the description is maintained (for example: E for English).
Department supports the following verbs:
To examine the attributes of the generic Department business object, use IBM System Manager or Process Designer Express.