Organizations and organizational hierarchies
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Applies To: Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R2, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Feature Pack, Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012
An organization is a group of people who work together to carry out a business process or to achieve a goal. Organization hierarchies represent the relationships between the organizations that make up a business.
This section describes how to use organizations and organization hierarchies in Microsoft Dynamics AX. It contains the following topics:
About organizations and organizational hierarchies
Plan the organizational hierarchy
How to use organization hierarchy purposes
Example organizational hierarchies
Create or modify a legal entity