Add a workplace entity type

Create an entity type according to your organizational requirement. You can group your workplace entities under this entity type and perform various actions on all entities that belong to this type at a time.

Before you begin

Role required: Workplace manager

Procedure

1. Navigate to All > Workplace Core > Administration > Workplace Entity Types.
2. Select New.
3. On the form, fill in the fields.

   Table 1. Entity Type form

   Field	Description
   Name	Name of the entity type. For example, Business Unit, Marketing Units, Projects and more.
   Entity-mapping column	Workplace entity reference column from the Workplace Entity table where the denormalized workplace entity information is stored.
   Order	Order of an entity type based on its level in the hierarchy. The lower the order, the higher the entity type is set in the hierarchical structure. The lowest ordered entity type is set in the highest level in the hierarchy. For example, if you set ABC with order 1000 and XYZ with order 600 then XYZ is placed on top in the hierarchy level and ABC is set to lowest.
   Active	Option to activate the entity type.

4. Select Submit.

Result

The entity type is created.

What to do next

Add workplace entities to an entity type