Building lists of available positions with span of control

Use this procedure to build a list of positions available to managers when they create requisitions, promote, transfer, or request the transfer of an employee:
  1. Sign in as Administrator and select Set Up > Span Of Control > Span Of Control Setup.
  2. Select the levels of positions to include in the list displayed in the Promote, Transfer, and Request Transfer actions:
    Manager
    Select this check box to include the positions that report directly to the manager. When you select this check box, the Peers and Descendants fields are displayed.
    Peers
    Select this check box to include the positions that report to the manager's peers.
    Descendants
    Select this check box to include the positions that report to the manager's descendants. When you select this check box, the Additional Levels field is displayed.
    Additional Levels
    Optionally, specify the number to include of additional levels of positions that report to the manager's descendants.
  3. Optionally, select additional types of positions to include.
    Include Vacant Positions
    Select this check box to enable managers and descendants to access vacant positions.
    Include Positions With Active Work Assignments Only
    Select this check box to prevent managers, descendants, and peers from accessing positions that do not have active work assignments.
  4. Click Save.