Family Tree Analogy

The family tree analogy treats an award like it's a member of a family. Like a family member, awards can have parents, grandparents, children, siblings, etc. All of the awards in a "family" begin with the same number (usually six digits), then a hyphen followed by a unique three-digit number. For example, these three awards would be considered a family:

    025676-001
    025676-002
    025676-003

These three awards would NOT be considered a family:

    043621-001
    025676-002
    013945-003

The hierarchy below has three levels. The award at the top is called the prime award. All the other awards are children or grandchildren of this award.
 

In this example, each award number is followed by a colon and then the number of the account that funds it. In this case, the account number begins with the letters "XCS" followed by four numbers. Not all account numbers begin with the letters "XCS".

There are four awards at the second level of this hierarchy (the awards ending in 002, 003, 004, 005). These four awards are children of the prime award. The first three (002, 003, and 004) have children of their own. The award highlighted in blue is one of these children (the award ending in 010). This award is a child of 003 and a grandchild of 001. Put another way, the prime award (001) is a parent of 003 and a grandparent of 010. Award 003 is both a child of 001 and a parent of 010.

Awards that are at the same level are considered siblings. For example, 007 and 010 are siblings. Awards 002, 003, 004, and 005 are also siblings.

Each award has a colored flag next to it. The colors have different meanings:

    The award is not currently active (closed, voided, purged from Advantage, or terminated)
    The award is currently active
    There is a "hold" on the award
    The award is still pending

Award Hierarchy Feature

The Award Module has a feature called Award Hierarchy that displays an award's relationship to other awards. It's only available when you are looking at search results within the Award module—it can't be accessed from an open award.

Open the Award Module and perform a search. Select an award from the results (but don't open it), and choose Edit > Award Hierarchy or click on the shortcut button:

A new window will open displaying an award hierarchy in "tree" format. Awards with a plus or minus sign beside them can be expanded or collapsed by single-clicking on the plus or minus sign or double-clicking on each award.

Clicking on the Details checkbox at the right will show more information about the currently selected award. Click on a different award to see details about it.

You can also open any award in the hierarchy by selecting it and then clicking on the display button.

Other Options

While the Award Hierarchy feature is specifically designed to show award hierarchies, you can also view award hierarchies on the Money and End Dates tab of an opened award or in Medusa.