Structuring the list of departments
Use this procedure to create departments and sub-departments in hierarchy on more than one level.
Reordering departments on the same hierarchical level
To move a department up or down in the list of departments, perform one of the following:
- Select the respective department and in the toolbar, click Move » Up or Down.
- Click the Actions link of the respective department and then click Up or Down.
Moving departments on different hierarchical levels
- To create a sub-department of a department, click the Actions link of the respective department and click Create a child category.
The Create a department page appears. In section Parent category, the parent of the new department is already selected.
For more information, see Creating a new department. - To change the parent of a department, perform one of the following:
- Select the respective department and in the toolbar, click Move » Change parent Department.
- Click the Actions link of the department, which parent you want to change, and then click Change parent department.
- A window appears, where you can choose between the following radio buttons and click Save changes:
- No parent
You choose this, if you want the department to be a top level department. - Select a parent
A list of existing departments appears. Select the new parent department of the department.