Organizational unit standing

The Lifecycle

Transitions Explained

Creation starts an active unit. Closure preserves its retained work, while a merge moves children and eligible memberships together and reports what remains on the source. Deletion is governed by references rather than standing.

What Cannot Happen

The API offers no reopening or reversal of a merge. Sending an active status in a detail replacement does not reopen a unit. A merged source rejects the dedicated move, closure and merge operations.

Concurrency and Timing

Tree locks keep standing changes from interleaving with other structural edits. Merge dates can be today or earlier, subject to retained parent periods; they cannot schedule a future change. The source's existing parent period remains open after merging.