Defining a Location

Objective

After completing this lesson, you will be able to create a Location in SAP Fieldglass.

Location

Location is a data object that can be used to create, review, and edit the specific locations where an organization has offices. Where Site is most often used to identify general areas where the organization does business, locations are often the specific addresses that are associated to those more generally identified sites.

Depiction of the relationship of Business Units, Cost Centers, and Sites to the WorkingNet tenant, illustrating sites such as Chicago, San Francisco, Phoenix, Sao Paulo, London, Sydney, and Tokyo. Two specific addresses are linked to the London site, representing locations.

When a site has locations associated to it, the location will appear as a selection that is affected by the site that is selected. Like a site selection, this ensure that workers are assigned to the correct workplace.

The Location field dropdown menu on a job posting showing the locations linked to a particular site that can be selected.

Navigating the Location Admin Object

The Company Structure section of the Admin Menu, the Location selection is highlighted.

1	To view the list of locations associated to a tenant, select Location from the Company Structure section of the admin menu.

Location List page

Though locations are considered optional, they are created automatically when a site is created, and contain identical information.

To make a location more specific, an organization could add or edit details of that location record, or even create a new location record to associate to a site. For instance, in addition to its Chicago headquarters, WorkingNet also has a satellite office in a Chicago suburb, so it created a location for that office and associated it to the Chicago site.

Location List page displaying the locations already created for the tenant. Details for inch include Status, Code, and Name. The link to the NAP location listed in the Code column is highlighted.

2	To view the details of a location, select an appropriate link in the Code column.

Location Details page

WorkingNet specifies the address of its satellite office as a Location and associates it to the broader Chicago Site.

This nested approach allows WorkingNet to expand its offices without creating multiple Chicago sites.

Location Details page displaying Code, name, Description and the address of the location. The suite number of the location in the Address 2 filed is highlighted.

3	For organizations that might occupy multiple floors of an office building, locations can even be further refined to include suite numbers.

Create a Location

WorkingNet, a global manufacturer of data networking equipment, has formed a new product unit, called NetAlysis, to develop network diagnostic software for its networking equipment.

As the SAP Fieldglass administrator for WorkingNet, you will need to create a company profile in the application to accommodate NetAlysis.

You’ve already created business units, cost centers, and a site—Sao Paulo, Brazil—for NetAlysis. However, WorkingNet intends to have a small plant for manufacturing diagnostic equipment separate from the office that will house the software developers, so now you’ll create a Location for the new manufacturing plant.

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Summary

Locations are specific data objects representing office addresses and are closely tied to Sites, which are broader business areas.

Key Points:

Location vs. Site: Location represents specific office addresses while Site identifies broader business areas.
Creating and Editing Locations: Locations can be added, edited, and linked to Sites for specificity, e.g., a Chicago satellite office under the Chicago site.
Location Details: Allows refinement, such as including suite numbers for multifloor occupation, enhancing workplace specificity.
Job Posting Integration: Assign workers to correct locations via site-specific location dropdowns in job postings.

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