Introduction

Legal Employer is one of the very basic attributes associated with every worker record. It is one of the basic workforce structure setup one performs prior to starting with data migration , configuration and other steup related activities.

While it is expected that utmost care is taken while performing an Enterprise Structure Setup sometimes there are unforseen circumstances where in there is a need to change the Name of some of the basic Workforce Structure Components. While some of the components like Jobs, Grades, Positions , Departments can be changed using the “Manage Workforce Structures” link from navigator, going to the specific task “Manage Position”, “Manage Jobs”, “Manage Departments” etc. It is not so straight forward if one would like to change the name of Legal Entity.

Some of the common reasons due to which a Legal Employer (Legal Entity with Legal Employer checkbox ticked) may need a Name Change post workers have been hired are :

1. Incorrect Name provided during configurtaion (Typo Errors)

2. Organization decided to make a change at a later date

3. Aquisition

So let’s see how do we make such change.

Worked Example

Login to Application with appropriate credentials (user with Admin privileges) and Click on “Setup and Maintenance” link under Navigator.

Navigator -> Directory -> Setup and Maintenance

Search for Business Object Name “Legal Entity” . Once you do so a list of Tasks, Task Lists and Business Objects which have names with matching words as “Legal Entity”  are displayed. (check screenshot below)

Next we need to click on “Legal Entity” link and this would open up a new UI page which would list all tasks associated with the Business Object. (screenshot below):

We would need to click on “Search Legal Entities” as shown above and this would open up the “Manage Legal Entities” page where one could search for a specific legal entity ( “01 USA LE” for this example)

Next we would need to click on the Name Value (“01 USA LE” for this example ) which would open the Edit Legal Entity Page. One can now make changes to the Name field ( and other fields as applicable ) and Save.

Note: I have purposefully not changed the name or other details here, as there is no specific need here but if required one may create a new Legal Entity make the change and then the new name should be visible across the application.

This is how one can make changes to Legal Entity related information and the same would reflect across the application.

Ashish Harbhajanka

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