The D&B hierarchy contains hierarchical corporate relationships that D&B provides through the Enterprise Management global data product (GDP). To access this hierarchy, you select the D&B Hierarchy relationship type, which includes the following relationship phrase pairs:
Parent Of and Subsidiary Of
Headquarters Of and Division Of
Domestic Ultimate Of and Domestic Subsidiary Of
Global Ultimate Of and Global Subsidiary Of
The Domestic Ultimate is the highest ranking entity within a country, while the Global Ultimate is the uppermost entity within the global corporate hierarchy. D&B creates a reporting structure from the lowest level of a corporate hierarchy to the Global Ultimate, providing a complete hierarchical organization structure.
When you purchase the Enterprise Management GDP for any entity, D&B provides a hierarchy containing all the related parents up to the Global Ultimate, but not other entities on the same or lower levels. For example, if you purchase data for a headquarters, then the provided hierarchy includes its Domestic and Global Ultimate, but not its branches or other headquarters reporting to the same Domestic or Global Ultimate. When you subsequently purchase the GDP for entities on the same or lower levels, then the hierarchical links to the original entity are established.
The structure of the D&B hierarchy depends on many additional factors, including the countries that the entities are in, the entity that you purchase the D&B data for, and so on. For more clarification and illustrations of other rules and regulations, see: D&B Hierarchy Examples.
Attention: Do not use the Create Relationship API to create D&B hierarchy relationships. See: Create Relationship API, Oracle Trading Community Architecture Technical Implementation Guide.
These examples illustrate how the information that you acquire from D&B appear in Relationship Manager as the D&B hierarchy.
Example 1In this example, you purchase D&B data for a branch, which has its headquarters within the same country. This table shows the information that you acquire from D&B, including the corporate structure with respect to the branch.
| Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Vision Global | Global Ultimate | Japan |
| Vision US | Domestic Ultimate | US |
| Vision HQ | Headquarters | US |
| Vision Branch | Branch | US |
With the information that you acquire from D&B for the branch, Relationship Manager displays the D&B hierarchy as shown in this table:
| Hierarchy Level | Name | Relationship Phrase | Parent Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vision Global | None | None |
| 2 | Vision US | Global Subsidiary Of | Vision Global |
| 3 | Vision HQ | Domestic Subsidiary Of | Vision US |
| 4 | Vision Branch | Division Of | Vision HQ |
The Global Ultimate is always at the top of a D&B hierarchy, no matter which country it is in. The Domestic Ultimate is displayed above the headquarters because they are in the same country, and the Domestic Ultimate is the highest ranking within a country. The Domestic Ultimate is always in the same country as the entity that you purchase D&B data for, by definition.
Example 2In this example, you purchase D&B data for a branch, which has its headquarters in another country. This table shows the information that you acquire from D&B, including the corporate structure with respect to the branch.
| Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|
| XYZ Global | Global Ultimate | US |
| XYZ US | Domestic Ultimate | US |
| XYZ HQ | Headquarters | Japan |
| XYZ Branch | Branch | US |
With the information that you acquire from D&B for the branch, Relationship Manager displays the D&B hierarchy as follows in this table:
| Hierarchy Level | Name | Relationship Phrase | Parent Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XYZ Global | None | None |
| 2 | XYZ US | Global Subsidiary Of | XYZ Global |
| 2 | XYZ HQ | Global Subsidiary Of | XYZ Global |
| 3 | XYZ Branch | Division Of | XYZ HQ |
The Domestic Ultimate and headquarters are displayed on the same level in the hierarchy because they do not necessarily have any relationship to each other. In the previous example, they are in the same country, so the Domestic Ultimate ranks higher by default. In this example, they are in different countries.
The branch appears only as a child of the headquarters, not also of the Domestic Ultimate, because the reporting structure is based on the headquarters/division and parent/subsidiary relationships only. The Global and Domestic Ultimates do appear in the hierarchy with respect to the entity that you purchased D&B data for.
Example 3In this example, you purchase D&B data for Vision HQ from Example 1, which also has its headquarters in the same country. This table shows the information that you acquire from D&B, including the corporate structure with respect to Vision HQ as the branch.
| Name | Role | Country |
|---|---|---|
| Vision Global | Global Ultimate | Japan |
| Vision US | Domestic Ultimate | US |
| Vision Parent | Parent | US |
| Vision HQ | Subsidiary | US |
With the information that you acquire from D&B first for Example 1 and then 3, Relationship Manager displays the D&B hierarchy as follows in this table:
| Hierarchy Level | Name | Relationship Phrase | Parent Name |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vision Global | None | None |
| 2 | Vision US | Global Subsidiary Of | Vision Global |
| 3 | Vision Parent | Domestic Subsidiary Of | Vision US |
| 4 | Vision HQ | Subsidiary Of | Vision Parent |
| 5 | Vision Branch | Division Of | Vision HQ |
As you subsequently purchase more D&B data for other entities within the Vision corporate hierarchy, you accordingly fill out its D&B hierarchy and establish more concrete reporting relationships with the hierarchy.