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This feature is only available on Chainloop’s platform paid plans.
Business Units are optional top-level organizational entities that help structure your organization and manage products at scale. They provide a way to model your company’s organizational hierarchy, whether that’s by department, division, team, or any other logical grouping that makes sense for your business.

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Overview

Business Units serve as containers for Products, enabling you to:
  • Model organizational structure: Reflect your company’s actual business structure in Chainloop
  • Group related products: Organize products by business unit, making it easier to manage and navigate
  • Scale management: As your organization grows, business units provide a clear organizational framework
  • Enhance visibility: Get a clear view of which products belong to which business units

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Use Cases

Business Units are particularly useful for:
  • Multi-division companies: Separate products by different business divisions (e.g., “Cloud Infrastructure”, “SaaS Products”, “Enterprise Solutions”)
  • Department-based organization: Organize by functional departments (e.g., “Engineering”, “Platform”, “Data”)
  • Geographic regions: Group products by regional teams or markets
  • Client-specific segments: For organizations managing products for different clients or business segments

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Creating a Business Unit

Business Units can only be created through the Chainloop Web UI:
  1. Navigate to Settings in the left sidebar
  2. Click on the Business Units tab
  3. Click the Create Business Unit button
Create Business Unit
  1. Fill in the business unit details:
    • Name: A unique name for the business unit (e.g., “CloudBU”, “Platform Team”)
    • Description: A brief description of what this business unit represents
  2. Click Create to finalize the business unit creation

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Associating Products with Business Units

When creating or editing a Product, you can optionally assign it to a Business Unit:
  1. Go to the Products section
  2. Click Create Product or select Edit Product from an existing product’s menu
  3. In the product form, select the desired Business Unit from the dropdown
  4. The dropdown includes a search function to help find the right business unit
Assign Product to Business Unit Once a product is associated with a business unit, this relationship helps in:
  • Organizing your product catalog
  • Understanding your organizational structure
  • Managing compliance and access control at scale

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Relationship to Products and Projects

Business Units are a property of Products that help with organizational grouping:
  • Products can optionally be assigned to a Business Unit
  • Products contain multiple Projects (software components)
  • Projects contain Workflows that generate attestations
Using Business Units allows you to:
  • Group related products by organizational structure
  • Get a clear view of which products belong to which business units
  • Better organize your product catalog as your organization scales
Business Units are optional and are not required to use Chainloop. While Business Units group products for organizational purposes, they don’t directly affect workflow execution or attestation processes. Their primary role is organizational structure and management.

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