Business Area Scenarios

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1 Business Area Scenarios

Definition
In business area scenarios you set up a business area for each strategic business unit in an enterprise. Legally-independent enterprises are represented by a
company code.

Use
The following graphic shows a section of the organizational structure of an R/3 system for an enterprise that consists of three legally-independent companies and is
active in three strategic business units.

A company code has been set up for each legally-independent company. Strategic business units are represented by business areas. Each strategic business
unit is active in all three legally-independent companies, that is, you can assign all three business areas to all company codes.
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Portrayal in the Structure Modeler.

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