Manager types

You can use manager types to group similar manager codes and assign them levels of equivalence. The level can be used to indicate that various manager types and the manager roles with they are associated are considered equal to each other.

Manager types are not required. One use of manager types is in reports. For example, to report on managers by type or by level. Another use is in process flows. For process flows, an approval can be routed up the manager structure to find a manager at a specific level, for example, level 20 or 50. This can occur even if one branch of the structure calls the manager a director and another refers to that level as a business lead. This can occur regardless of how many other manager codes there are above or below the referenced managers. For example, the director may have three managers above it, and the business lead may have only two managers above it.