Firm Hierarchy Tab of the General System Settings Form

Use the Firm Hierarchy feature to create a hierarchy of records in the hubs that are representative of parent and subsidiary relationships between multiple firms. This enables Firm Hierarchies in the Firms hub.

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When you establish firm hierarchy levels, you specify the number of levels that users can include when building firm hierarchies. You can set up a maximum of four parent levels with a label for each level, which allows for hierarchies of up to five total levels. The hierarchy and labels for each level are then used when grouping firm information on reports.

Use the fields and options on this tab to specify the number of levels and their respective labels for the firm hierarchy.

See the Firm Hierarchy Overview topic for additional information.

Firm Hierarchy Levels

Field Description
Use Click the checkbox in the Use column to activate the hierarchy levels. When a level is in use, the Label column is turned on for that level.

By default, the hierarchy is set up to include four parent levels. The order of the hierarchy levels determines the actual hierarchy. If you attempt to remove the selection of the Firm level, DPS displays a message prompting you to disable firm hierarchy.

With this setup, users can configure hierarchies up to five levels with the firm as the lowest level, and use any of the four parent levels as groupings in report.

Label Enter a label for the hierarchy level, for example Sub Level 1.The order of the hierarchy levels determines the actual hierarchy and the descriptions are listed in the hierarchy in the Firms hub. These descriptions are also used on the Opportunity List, Opportunity Forecast, Opportunity Hit Rate List, Firm List, and Project List reports.