Position synchronization

With synchronisation enabled, assignment attributes inherit from the position: change the position and the assignments follow. What can synchronise: department, job, grade, location, manager, FTE, action reason and flexfield attributes among others — and each is individually selectable, which turns out to matter enormously. The upside is consistency, and that a reorganisation becomes a position change rather than a mass assignment update. For an organisation running positions seriously, that is the whole return on the maintenance cost. Now the four surprises, each of which arrives as a complaint rather than an error. Synchronised attributes become read-only on the assignment — HR users who expect to override get blocked, nothing is broken, it is working exactly as configured, and the person on the phone does not care. Enabling it later re-synchronises existing assignments, which can move hundreds of assignments at once, overnight, correctly. The synchronisation process must run, and the gap…

In this module: Module 6 · Jobs and Positions

1. 1The decision that shapes everythingFree preview
2. 2Jobs and job catalogue design
3. 3Job and position structures
4. 4Creating jobs
5. 5Positions: what they add
6. 6Creating positions
7. 7FTE, work hours and workday defaults
8. 8Position synchronization
9. 9Configuring position synchronization
10. 10Position hierarchies
11. 11Evaluation criteria and valid grades
12. 12Position approvals
13. 13Loading workforce structures by spreadsheet
14. 14What breaks
15. 15Lab briefing: one model, or two?