Abstract: Techniques implementable in an enterprise application or application suite for managing the organizational structure of an enterprise. In one set of embodiments, a single, unified hierarchy can be defined for the organizational structure of an enterprise. The unified hierarchy can include high-level nodes that correspond to entities common to different manifestations of the organizational structure (e.g., reporting structure, cost structure, etc.). The unified hierarchy can also include lower-level nodes that are unique to a particular manifestation. By defining a single, unified hierarchy in this manner, organizational changes in the enterprise can be modeled in the application/application suite by simply updating the unified hierarchy (rather than updating multiple hierarchies). In addition, the unified hierarchy can be used to facilitate security provisioning and reporting.

Abstract: Aspects of the present invention provide tools and techniques that facilitate the process of accounting for shared services in an enterprise application. More specifically, in some aspects, certain embodiments employ a service provider model that codifies best practices in accounting for shared services and makes these practices part of setting up the shared service center, clients and outsourced business functions within an enterprise application. In an aspect, one set of embodiments uses the formal definition of service provider and client relationships between business units for the provision of specific business functions to generate cross charges to the client business unit and recoveries to the service provider business, unit based on the proportion of total service provided to the client.

Abstract: A financial computer system in response to receiving a business object to be changed, a change type, and a effective date of the change, identifies all first transactions directly associated with the business object and identifies all second transactions not directly associated with the business object but that may be posted to the business object in the future. The system then displays the first transactions and the second transactions in a user interface.

Abstract: Techniques implementable in an enterprise application or application suite for managing the organizational structure of an enterprise. In one set of embodiments, a single, unified hierarchy can be defined for the organizational structure of an enterprise. The unified hierarchy can include high-level nodes that correspond to entities common to different manifestations of the organizational structure (e.g., reporting structure, cost structure, etc.). The unified hierarchy can also include lower-level nodes that are unique to a particular manifestation. By defining a single, unified hierarchy in this manner, organizational changes in the enterprise can be modeled in the application/application suite by simply updating the unified hierarchy (rather than updating multiple hierarchies). In addition, the unified hierarchy can be used to facilitate security provisioning and reporting.

Abstract: Systems and methods provide a platform for facilitating organizational restructuring. The system receives an organizational chart representing the organizational restructuring and applies business processes defining tasks that implement the organizational restructuring. The system manages communication among organizational entities based upon a task dependency model for the various tasks that implement the reorganization. The system then uses the task dependency model to determine that the organizational restructuring is complete.

Abstract: A framework for provisioning security in an enterprise application. In an embodiment, a set of in-house roles and a set of outsourced roles are defined for a business function in the application. When a business unit is selected to perform the business function in-house, data roles specific to that business unit/business function association are created based on the set of in-house roles. When a business unit is selected to perform the business function in an outsourced capacity, data roles specific to that outsourcing relationship are created based on the set of outsourced roles. The data roles may then be associated with one or more users in the selected business unit. Using this framework, the appropriate security roles and privileges for performing a business function in an outsourced and/or in-house context may be explicitly defined within the application system. In addition, the roles and privileges may be provisioned in an automated manner.