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Entities
An entity can be internal or external to the enterprise: an entity represents an organizational element of enterprise structure such as a management, department, or job function. It is defined at a level depending on the degree of detail to be provided on the organization (see org-unit type). Example: financial management, sales management, marketing department, account manager. An external entity represents an organization that exchanges flows with the enterprise, Example: customer, supplier, government office.
Accessing organization entities
To define the list of entities of your organization, HOPEX allows you to create the enterprise organizational chart.
To access the different organization entities:
1. In the Environment desktop, select Organization > Hierarchical Views > Entities.
2. Expand the root entity.
The list of entities making up the organization is displayed.
*The list of entities owned by an entity is accessible in the properties page of the entity, in the Characteristics tab, section-Sub-Entities.
Creating an entity
To create a new entity:
1. In the Environment desktop, select Organization > Hierarchical Views > Entities.
2. Open the properties page of the entity that owns the entity to be created.
3. In the Sub-Entities section, click New.
The entity creation page appears.
4. Enter the entity Name and click OK.
The new entity appears in the list.
5. Open the properties page of the entity created.
6. If necessary, modify the Parent Entity, which corresponds to the level in the tree at which you wish to create your entity.
*The Parent Entity field is automatically calculated according to the position of the entity in the tree.
7. Specify the Level of the entity in the organization:
• "Division"
• "Department"
• "Service".
8. Specify the Status, "Active" or "Inactive"of the entity.
9. When completed, click Save or select another tab in the properties dialog box to carry out further modifications.
Risk assessor 
To indicate the person responsible for risk assessment on the entity:
*In the Risk Assessor field of the entity property page, select the person concerned.
*You must specify this field in the context of risk assessment by campaigns with HOPEX Enterprise Risk Management.
*This field is available only with the solutions HOPEX Enterprise Risk Management and HOPEX Internal Control.
Scope section  
An entity can intervene in the framework of a process. It can be broken down hierarchically.
An entity can be connected to different component types.
• Entities: you can specify the entity responsible for a service or management, as well as functional dependency between two entities.
• Business Processes and Organizational Processes for which the entity intervenes. For more details, see Processes.
• Risks, whose management is assigned to the entity. For more details, see Risks.
• Controls, whose management is assigned to the entity. For more details, see Controls.
• Objectives and Requirements assigned to the entity. For more details, see Objectives and Requirements.
*Certain key documents, such as strategic plans, the business plan, annual reports, economic analyses and other relevant documentation related to the organization and its aims may be consulted to define its objectives and requirements.
• Business Lines for which the entity intervenes. For more details, see Organization Business Lines.
*Depending on your rights, you may also see the Action Plan or incidents owned by the entity.