Meta Organizations

Meta Organizations form a hierarchy below the global organization. A Meta Organization bundles several sub-organizations that inherit the items it shares, such as apps, policies and scripts. Creating organizations in general is described under Create organizations →.

Organization Type #

When an organization is created in the global organization, the Organization Type is defined:

• Standalone: A standalone organization is created directly under the global organization. It can be assigned to a Meta Organization later.
• Meta: A Meta Organization is created directly under the global organization. Other organizations can be assigned to it after creation and inherit the items it shares.
• Sub: A sub-organization is assigned to the selected Meta Organization and inherits the items it shares. The Meta Organization is selected via Select Meta as Parent; this selection is mandatory. This assignment cannot be undone.

The organization type can only be selected when an organization is created in the global organization. Organizations created within a Meta Organization automatically become its sub-organizations. The organization type of an existing organization cannot be changed when editing it. A standalone organization can only be placed under a Meta Organization afterwards via Assign to Meta Organization (see below).

The following restrictions also apply to Meta Organizations:

• A Meta Organization cannot be converted back into a standalone organization.
• Meta Organizations cannot be nested: a Meta Organization cannot be placed under another Meta Organization.
• The global organization cannot be a Meta Organization.
• A Meta Organization that has sub-organizations cannot be deleted.

Inheritance to sub-organizations #

Sub-organizations adopt the items that the Meta Organization shares with all sub-organizations, for example apps, policies, scripts, device groups and roles. In the Meta Organization, these items are marked Shared; in the sub-organizations, they are marked From Meta. In lists, they can be found on the Shared (Meta) or From Meta tab. Items marked Local only remain limited to the Meta Organization. Inherited items can only be changed in the Meta Organization.

If apps that already exist in other organizations are made available meta-wide, the portal points out this conflict. For the selected apps, the existing apps in the other organizations are replaced and deleted.

Assigning an existing organization #

A standalone organization can be placed under a Meta Organization afterwards. This action is only available in the global organization and requires the permission to edit organizations. It is not available in a Meta Organization.

Under Organizations, one or more standalone organizations are selected and Assign to Meta Organization is chosen in the context menu. Alternatively, the action is available in the detail view of a standalone organization. In the Assign to Meta Organization dialog, the target Meta Organization is selected first. After Next, the dialog shows the selected Meta Organization and, under New Sub-Organizations, the organizations to be assigned; Confirm carries out the assignment.