Departments

Organize your workforce into departments for management, reporting, and workflow routing.

Viewing Departments

1. Go to Administration → Departments
2. See all departments with employee counts

Creating a Department

1. Click Add Department
2. Enter the department details:

Field	Required	Description
Name	Yes	Department name (e.g., "Engineering")
Name (Arabic)	No	Arabic translation for RTL display
Manager	No	Department manager (must exist as an employee)
Description	No	Brief description of the department

3. Click Save

Editing a Department

1. Click on a department row
2. Modify the fields as needed
3. Click Save

Assigning a Department Manager

1. Edit the department
2. Select an employee as Manager
3. Save

The department manager:

• Receives approval requests from department members
• Can view team attendance and reports
• Appears as the direct manager in workflows

Deleting a Department

caution

A department can only be deleted if no employees are assigned to it. Reassign employees to another department first.

1. Open the department
2. Click Delete
3. Confirm the action

Department Hierarchy

Departments are flat (no sub-departments). For organizations needing hierarchy:

• Use naming conventions (e.g., "Engineering - Backend", "Engineering - Frontend")
• Or assign multiple managers to handle different teams