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title: Company List
slug: bhdm/company-list
createdAt: 2022-03-30T21:34:57.000Z
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Belden Horizon Data Manager includes a way for you to create a hierarchy to structure how different edge devices fit into the IT/OT environment of a company or enterprise.

This hierarchy follows the same principles as other devices such as servers, PC systems, or PLCs/controllers.

You can then visualize and organize where an edge device fits into the overall architecture.

The first level of the hierarchy is called **Companies**.

Companies are the highest hierarchy level under which everything is structured. Options can be the enterprise, company, or division/subsidiary names. Other valid choices are the name of a country, region, state, or city, as well as production site. These names are based on how you understand your own hierarchy and how the hierarchy will represent the architecture.

When you are working in a module for a company, Belden Horizon Data Manager remembers after you log out so the last module in the company you worked on appears when you log in.

See [Company Settings](docId\:XwUuYveHjgIbb0bYwlwSt) for more information about how to manage companies. The user interface below is for Belden Horizon Data Manager version 2.10.0 and later.

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# Next Steps

The following operations are available for **Company List**:

- [Add a Company](docId\:cdIAi9pmMlOji5AVHbQBZ) 
- [Select a Company](docId\:V6bHvphaPl3e-QPlNhegs)