When you create a hierarchy by copying relationships, the Provisioning tool tries to find a corresponding business entity to configure as the root business entity node. It tries to find the root business entity based on the selected Root HM Entity. If it cannot find a corresponding business entity, it creates the business entity. Then the Provisioning tool creates the remaining hierarchy model based on the copied relationships. You must review the hierarchy and hierarchy relationships created in this process.

To copy relationships in Hierarchy Manager and then create a hierarchy, perform the following tasks: