Method and system for controlling data access to organizational data maintained in hierarchical

[0026]Systems and methods are described for representing and managing organizational entities in a graphical user interface system, and for controlling access to organizational data maintained in a database system. Aspects of the one or more embodiments described herein may be implemented on one or more computers executing software instructions. The computers may be networked in a client-server arrangement or similar distributed computer network, and one or more of the networked computers may host web pages that are accessed by one or more client computers through web browser programs.

Organizational Data Access

[0027]An organizational chart (also called an organization chart or org chart) is a diagram that shows the structure of an organization and the relationships and relative ranks of its parts and positions / jobs. A hierarchical organization is an organizational structure where every entity in the organization, except for the top or leader entity, is subordinate to another entity.