NOTE The template has been defined in the context of UK_Defence. Refer to the business context for details of related templates.

NOTE An explanation of a template and the associated instantiation path is provided in the Template overview section.

This template describes how to represent an organization that is identified by a Unit Identification Number (UIN).

Figure 1 — Graphical Representation for Business Object organizational_unit

organizational_unit

The definition of an organizational_unit object is: This information object is an organization that is identified by a Unit Identification Number (UIN). Units have a base location.

Attribute name	Attribute description	Attribute type	Optionality
Base location	This is a reference to the the base location of the unit.	Relationship to Location	Mandatory
Non standard location	This is a reference to a non-standard location for the business unit. Examples include temporary locations for deployed military units.	Relationship to Organizational Unit Non Standard Location	Mandatory
UIN	This is the Unit Identification Number for the organizational unit. This identifier uniquely identifies the organizational unit for accounting purposes. A unit may have more than one unit identifcation numbers.	Identifier	Mandatory (1:?)
Identifier.id	This is the value of the id attribute of the UIN Identifier applied to the organizational unit.	intrinsic	Mandatory
Identifier.type	This attribute is the type associated with the id of the UIN Identifier given to the organizational unit.	uin_id_code	Mandatory
Identifier.source_organization	This attribute is the value representing the source organization that provides the id of the UIN Identifier given to the organizational unit. This value is assumed to be a type of Organization_identification_code.	Organization_identification_code	Mandatory

Table 1 — organizational_unit attribute details

The following input parameters are defined for this template:

The following reference parameters are defined for this template:

Allow the Organization entity instantiated in this path to be referenced when this template is used.

Note: The Organization entity can be referenced in a template path by:

%^target = $organizational_unit.organization%

where target is the parameter to which the Organization is bound.

Allow the Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment entity instantiated in this path to be referenced when this template is used.

Note: The Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment entity can be referenced in a template path by:

%^target = $organizational_unit.org_asst%

where target is the parameter to which the Organization_or_person_in_organization_assignment is bound.

Allow the Location_assignment entity instantiated in this path to be referenced when this template is used.

Note: The Location_assignment entity can be referenced in a template path by:

%^target = $organizational_unit.location_asst%

where target is the parameter to which the Location_assignment is bound.

The instantiation path shown below specifies the entities that are to be instantiated by the template.

A description of templates and the syntax for the instantiation path is provided in the Templates Help/Information section.

/assigning_organization(
    org_id='',
    org_id_class_name='',
    org_id_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    org_assgn_class_name='non_standard_location',
    org_assgn_ecl_id='urn:plcs:rdl:uk_defence',
    items=@non_standard_location)/

-- assign ref parameters
%^organization = $assigning_organization.organization%
%^org_asst = $assigning_organization.organization_assgn%
Location_assignment
Location_assignment.location_for_assignment -> @base_location
Location_assignment.entity_for_location -> ^organization

-- assign ref parameters
%^location_asst = Location_assignment%