Departments Page

A department is a subunit of an organization (company, subsidiary, business unit, or other department). The Departments page lists basic information about departments for the selected organization. You can also list the Departments for a person (the Departments that person belongs to).

Required access roles:

  • Baseline: Administrator, Reader
  • App-specific: Organization Manager, Company Representative, Buyer Administrator

To access this page:

  1. Open the required company, subsidiary, business unit, or department. For more information, see Opening a Company, Subsidiary, or Business Unit or Opening a Department.
  2. In the navigation pane, click Departments.

To list the departments a person is added to:

  1. Open the required person. For more information, see Opening a Person.
  2. In the navigation pane, click Departments.

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Columns

Column Name Description
Name The Name of the department. You can click to view its Properties page. See Company, Subsidiary, Business Unit, and Department Properties.
Type The item type: Department.
Phone The main department phone number, as included in the business unit definition.
Fax Main fax number or fax number of primary contact.
Web Site The URL of the department's website.
Opens the Properties page for the department in a new window.

Actions/Toolbar Commands

You must have the Administrator, Organization Manager, or Company Representative access role to perform these actions.

To add a person to a Department, use the People page for the Department; you cannot use the Department category for a Person to associate that Person with a Department.

Action Description For More Information
Create New Creates a department. Creating Companies, Subsidiaries, Business Units, or Departments
Delete Deletes selected departments, click OK to confirm. --
Remove Only shows on the Departments category for a Person. Removes the person from the selected Department. --