Position Data consists of information (such as job code, Department ID, location code, and pay group) directly associated with a position. Every employee in the institution has a position in PeopleSoft. When an employee fills a position or transfers to another position, he or she inherits all of the data from that position. 

Many of the fields found on the pages of the Manage Positions components are contained in the Job Data pages. After a position is approved, it is input into the system by Human Resources. Once someone is hired, the data from the Manage Positions pages automatically populate to the Job Data pages.