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How to create a Department?

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Department

A Department is a specialized functional area or a division within an organization.

You can configure the Departments in your organization, set Leave Block List, and also Leave and Expense Approvers for the same.

To access Department, go to:

++Home > Human Resources > Employee > Department++

Department is a tree-structured master, which means you can create parent departments and sub-departments as shown below:

||| Note: The 'Is Group' checkbox needs to be checked if the Department is a parent department.

| 1. Prerequisites

Before creating a Department, it is advisable you create the following documents:

| 2. How to create a Department

  1. Go to the Department list, click on New.

  2. Enter Department name.

  3. Select Company name.

  4. Select Leave Block List (optional) applicable for this department.

  5. Save.


| 3. Features

3.1 Leave and Expense Approvers
You can set Leave and Expense Approvers for a particular Department in the 'Leave Approver' and 'Expense Approver' table respectively.


||| Note: Multiple Leave and Expense Approvers can be set for a particular Department. However, the first Approver in the list will be set as the default Approver.