Dashboard Workforce - Department
Discover how to create, manage, and organize departments to streamline your workforce and enhance collaboration. Learn how to assign employees to specific departments, optimizing task allocation and project coordination.
Introduction
Departments are crucial in organizing your team's functions and delineating employee responsibilities. This guide will walk you through creating, editing, archiving, unarchiving, and permanently deleting departments using our platform.
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How to Create or Add a New Department
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Creating a new department is straightforward and helps you structure your team effectively. Watch this video tutorial for a visual guide: Creating or adding a New Department.
Step 1: On the left navigation bar, click on Workforce and select the Department option

Step 2: Start by clicking on the "+ New Department."

Step 3: Provide a name for the new department and then click "Save" to finalize and save the new department.

How to Edit and Archive a Department
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Effectively managing your departments also involves the ability to edit and archive them as needed. View this video tutorial for step-by-step instructions:



How to Unarchive and Permanently Delete a Department
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Occasionally, you might need to bring back an archived department or even delete it permanently. Refer to this video tutorial for guidance:




Managing your team's departments is crucial for maintaining a streamlined workflow and optimal organization. With these step-by-step instructions, you can effortlessly create, edit, archive, unarchive, and permanently delete departments as needed. For visual guidance, feel free to watch the provided video tutorials.
If you have any further questions or encounter issues during this process, please don't hesitate to reach out to our support team for assistance.
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Updated on: 10/15/2025
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