{"id":18780,"date":"2026-09-02T09:14:27","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T08:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/?post_type=docs&#038;p=18780"},"modified":"2026-09-02T10:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T09:27:53","password":"","slug":"organizational-units-in-flow-hr","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/organizational-units-in-flow-hr\/","title":{"rendered":"Organizational Units in Flow HR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Managing a company\u2019s structure shouldn&#8217;t require complex IT requests.<strong> Flow HR<\/strong>\u2019s Organizational Units feature gives HR professionals full, direct control over the company hierarchy right from a visual tree.<\/p>\n<p>Whether you are onboarding a new hire, restructuring a team, or moving employees between departments, you can easily create, edit, remove, or expand sub-OUs and reassign staff to their correct department paths in seconds.<\/p>\n<h2>How to Create a New Organizational Unit<\/h2>\n<p>Navigate to <strong>Flow HR &gt; Organization units &gt; New org. unit.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To establish a new department, team, or regional branch, click <strong>New Org Unit<\/strong> and complete the following:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>General &#8211; The tab presents basic information about the org. unit.\n<ul>\n<li>Enter name<\/li>\n<li>Parent path<\/li>\n<li>Description<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Members<\/strong> &#8211; You can move users to the current org. unit by clicking the button below and browsing through the current members of the given org. unit in the table.\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Add members<\/strong> &#8211; Click on &#8220;<strong>Move user to the current org. unit<\/strong>&#8220;.\n<ul>\n<li>Search for and select the user who you want to add<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18781 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-31-15_22_17-.png\" alt=\"Navigate to Flow HR &gt; Organization units\u00a0 Admins can create new org. units by clicking on New Org Unit and filling in the details for it. General - The tab presents basic information about the org. unit. Enter name\u00a0 Parent path\u00a0 Description Members - You can move users to the current org. unit by clicking the button below and browsing through the current members of the given org. unit in the table. Add members - Click on &quot;Move user to the current org. unit&quot;.\u00a0\" width=\"1897\" height=\"870\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-31-15_22_17-.png 1897w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-31-15_22_17--300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-31-15_22_17--1024x470.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-31-15_22_17--768x352.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-31-15_22_17--1536x704.png 1536w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/2026-08-31-15_22_17--360x165.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1897px) 100vw, 1897px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Update or Delete Org. Unit<\/h3>\n<p>An admin can edit an org unit by adding or removing users, as well as deleting it.<\/p>\n<p>Hover over any org. unit needed and click on the &#8220;pen icon&#8221; to edit it or the &#8220;trash\/bin icon&#8221; to delete it.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-18789 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-01-11_17_23-Greenshot.png\" alt=\"An admin can edit an org unit by adding or removing users, as well as deleting it. Hover over any org. unit needed and click on the &quot;pen icon&quot; to editthe\u00a0 or &quot;trash icon&quot; to delete it.\" width=\"1867\" height=\"689\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-01-11_17_23-Greenshot.png 1867w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-01-11_17_23-Greenshot-300x111.png 300w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-01-11_17_23-Greenshot-1024x378.png 1024w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-01-11_17_23-Greenshot-768x283.png 768w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-01-11_17_23-Greenshot-1536x567.png 1536w, https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2026-09-01-11_17_23-Greenshot-360x133.png 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1867px) 100vw, 1867px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Keeping your organizational structure accurate is essential for smooth onboarding, clear reporting lines, and access management.<\/p>\n<p>By giving your HR team direct control over department hierarchies and user placements, without relying on IT tickets, <strong>Flow HR<\/strong> streamlines everyday administrative moves and ensures your company directory always reflects reality.<\/p>\n<h2 data-path-to-node=\"32\">Related Posts<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/tree-charts-in-flow-hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tree Charts in Flow HR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/users-in-flow-hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Users in Flow HR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/groups-in-flow-hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Groups in Flow HR<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips\/custom-attributes-in-flow-hr\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Custom Attributes in Flow HR<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Managing a company\u2019s structure shouldn&#8217;t require complex IT requests. Flow HR\u2019s Organizational Units feature gives HR professionals full, direct control over the company hierarchy right from a visual tree. Whether you are onboarding a new hire, restructuring a team, or moving employees between departments, you can easily create, edit, remove, or expand sub-OUs and reassign [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":18831,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[71],"glossaries":[],"doc_tag":[95],"class_list":["post-18780","docs","type-docs","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","doc_category-groups-auditing-management","doc_tag-flow-hr"],"year_month":"2026-09","word_count":283,"total_views":"8","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"stan","author_nicename":"stan","author_url":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/author\/stan\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"Groups Auditing &amp; Management","term_url":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips-category\/groups-auditing-management\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[{"term_name":"Flow HR","term_url":"https:\/\/gatlabs.com\/knowledge\/tech-tips-tag\/flow-hr\/"}],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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