Primary Role: Business Administrator (BA)
Focus: Learn
🎯Why This Matters
ANVL reporting, assignments, and visibility follow a defined hierarchy.
Understanding this structure helps you:
Configure Groups correctly
Avoid reporting and assignment issues
Use Group Tags effectively for rollups and analytics
⏱️When to Use This
Getting familiar with how ANVL is structured
Planning site setup or re-organization
Reviewing reporting relationships
ANVL Hierarchy (Conceptual)
ANVL uses a fixed, logical hierarchy:
Organization (your business)
Group = Site
Supervisor
User
This hierarchy determines how work, reporting, and oversight flow through the platform.
Conceptual view of the ANVL organizational hierarchy from Organization to User.
How Groups Fit in the Hierarchy
A Group represents a physical or logical site within your organization.
Users are assigned to one or more Groups
Supervisors connect Users for reporting and accountability
Groups are the level where:
Workflows are deployed
Workflow and Work Item Categories are configured
Assignments are scoped
Reporting begins
For more details see Understand Groups (Sites) in ANVL.
My Group dropdown in ANVL Manager used to select and switch between site-level Groups (sites).
Important Clarifications
The hierarchy itself is not configurable
Organizational rollups are achieved using Group Tags, not nested Groups
Group Tags describe where a site belongs within your organization (e.g., region, division, business unit)
For details on how to use Group Tags to model your hierarchy, see Group (Site) Tags.
How Reporting Uses the Hierarchy
All submissions are tied to a Group (site)
Reports and dashboards are filtered and aggregated by Group
Group Tags enable rollups across:
Regions
Programs
Business units
User Tags can be used when individual-level metadata is required. For more details see Understand User Tags.
Standard Power BI report filters showing Group mapped to Site and Job Title sourced from User Tags; additional hierarchy or custom filtering can be configured using Group or User Tags—contact your Benchmark Gensuite point of contact for customization needs.
Integrated Benchmark Gensuite Applications (High-Level)
For organizations that use ANVL alongside other Benchmark Gensuite applications, we recommend mapping ANVL Groups (Sites) to corresponding Benchmark Gensuite sites whenever possible.
This alignment helps ensure:
Consistent site structure across applications
Accurate reporting and data alignment
Reduced integration and synchronization issues
If your organization requires a different site configuration, work with your Benchmark Gensuite point of contact to assess requirements and understand potential impacts before making changes.
🔑Key Takeaways
ANVL hierarchy is fixed and logical
Groups represent sites, not nested org levels
Reporting and assignments start at the Group level
Group Tags are the primary tool for organizational rollups
⚠️Watch Out For…
Group hierarchy is flat by default
Rollups require consistent Group Tagging
Re-organizing Groups may impact:
Reporting
Assignments
Integrations
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