A hierarchy connects your groups into parent–child relationships, so Zoios understands which groups sit above or below others. It's what turns a flat list of groups into a real org chart.
The hierarchy (tree) view
The hierarchy view is a tree that shows how your groups connect — which groups sit above others, and which sit below. It's the fastest way to sanity-check your structure and spot anything that's in the wrong place.
Example: Global Sales sits at the top, with Sales Hong Kong, Sales EMEA, Sales Japan and US Sales nested beneath it. Some of those regions have their own sub-groups in turn — for instance, Sales EMEA contains Academic assistance and Machinery maintenance & service. In the tree view, Global Sales appears as the parent with each sales group branching out below it.
Why the hierarchy matters
Building your hierarchy properly unlocks two important things:
• Aggregate filtering — view a parent group together with everything beneath it, or just the group on its own. See Filtering your results: All vs Direct.
• Access cascade — a Group responsible automatically gets access to their group and every group below it. See What is a Group responsible?
Building your hierarchy
Inside a group, navigate to Hierarchy, then add a group above or add a group below to start connecting relationships. For the full setup walkthrough, see How to set up your organization in Groups.