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You create your hierarchies using the Forsta Plus Hierarchy Management functionality. To access this:
1. Open Hierarchy Management.
The Hierarchies page opens. If you have no hierarchies available to you (you haven’t created any yourself and no-one has given you permission to access theirs), then the Hierarchies page opens “empty” and you are invited to create one - .
Figure 1 - The empty Hierarchies page
If you already have access to one or more hierarchies then the Hierarchies page opens with those hierarchies listed. Click on a hierarchy name in the list to open that hierarchy for editing (go to About Editing the Hierarchy for more information). In this case, as you wish to create a new hierarchy:
2. Click Create hierarchy and continue the procedure
The Create hierarchy page opens - .
Figure 2 - The Create hierarchy page
3. Type a name for your new hierarchy into the Hierarchy name field.
4. Select the hub you wish to use for the hierarchy.
Note: You do not have to select the hub at this point; you can wait until later in the procedure. In this case, when you want to select the hub, go to the cog-wheel icon and select Hierarchy properties, then select the desired hub in the Properties page. Bear in mind that once you have selected a hub and created the hierarchy, you cannot change the hub.
5. If you select a hub at this point, you can also select an End User list from the End User lists assigned to the selected hub.
Note: Later, you can see which hub is connected to the hierarchy by going to the cog-wheel icon and selecting Hierarchy Properties (go to Hierarchy Settings for more information).
6. On completion, click Create Hierarchy.
Once the hierarchy is created you will be asked to import a definition (go to About Hierarchy Definitions for more information).