Scenario
Today, many of the military activities undertaken are operations or exercises. You need to understand how all of these can be modeled in DFPS.
Normally, only part of a unit is assigned to a mission because missions are defined as a task force. The mission is time-dependent and built-up with new or copied Force Elements that only exist while the mission is running. Afterward, all material and personnel will return to their home units.
This is the first step: creating Force Elements.
The following fields are available in the Structures Workbench on the Properties tab page:
Planning Status
The status of the underlying Infotype record.
Country
Specifies the country.
Organizational Area
Organizational areas are mapped for each country to describe the structure of your organization (independently of the organizational structure). You assign a force element to an organizational area. In the event of reorganization, the system checks whether the organizational area of the new higher-level force element is identical to the lower-level force element. If this is not the case, the user is informed and can adjust the organizational area details and dependent properties (structure type, and so on). When a new force element is created, the country and organizational area are copied from the higher-level force element as default values. Authorizations can be used to control whether a user is allowed to change these values.
Org. Area Type
Organizational areas are grouped by type. Depending on the organizational area selected, the organizational area type is displayed automatically. The types Military, Civil Aid Organization and Police are shipped with the standard system.
Structure Level
Structure levels are defined for an organizational area to describe the hierarchical relationship (and therefore the size) of an organizational unit. You assign a force element to a structure level.
Structure Type
Structure types are defined for each structure level in an organizational area. These structure types describe the hierarchical relationship (and therefore the size) of the organizational unit. You assign a force element to a structure type.
Branch
An organizational area has its own branches that represent task-specific types. You assign a force element to a branch.
Branch Addition
A branch can be further specified using a branch addition. You assign a force element to a branch addition.
Branch Type
Branches are grouped by type. The branch type that is displayed automatically depends on the branch selected.
In the next step, relationships are created.
In a third step, you define the following Structures:
By selecting a Force Element Type and the possible relationships, you create structures like basic organization, operations, and exercises.
Other structures are possible, as definition of types and related relationships are fully customizable.
Special Force Element Types carry additional information like IT1956 (definition of contingents) for operations and exercises.
