Teams in RIPA can be used for things like team-scoped report generation or approvals. There are three kinds of team setup and the one you have usually depends upon your subscription tier.
Simple
This is a flat list of teams, which is fine for most small businesses. Teams can have a user that acts as a manager, a user that is able to run reports for the team and, of course, team members. Administrators will see "Teams" in the "Administration" sub-menu if this is your current configuration:
Find out more about managing simple teams here.
Groups
Named groups collect together teams, giving you two levels of management and reporting oversight compared to simple teams. Some small-to-medium sized business may find this useful in particular for reporting and approvals, without needing the complexity of a full organisation structure. Administrators will see "Groups & teams" in the "Administration" sub-menu if this is your current configuration:
Find out more about managing groups here.
Organisation structure
Teams can act as groups containing other teams, with any number of teams containing other teams. Managers, reporters and members can be assigned at any level. This is typically used by larger businesses with teams set up in RIPA Expenses to roughly (or exactly) match the organisation's structure for its employees. Administrators will see "Team structure" in the "Administration" sub-menu if this is your current configuration:
