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Departments

Departments  allows you to create and manage multiple divisions within your organization. Departments can be classified based on your customer's organization, product, geographic location or workgroup. Each department can have its own set of technicians, email templates, email configuration, and contacts.
  1. Adding a department
  2. Adding a technician
  3. Customizing the department
  4. Enabling/Disabling the department

Adding a department

  1. Go to Settings > Organization > Departments.
  2. Click on Add department.


      3. Provide the department name, display name and a brief description about the department.
      4. Click on  Add technician  to add technicians to the department. Add at least one technician and click DONE.
      5. Click CONFIGURE to configure the department.



Note : To switch departments, click on departments besides  department icon  placed in the toolbar at the top and select the preferred department using their display name. 

Adding a technician

  1. Go to  Settings > Organization > Departments .
  2. Click on CONFIGURE given beside the department to be configured.


      3. Select Technicians.
      4. Click ADD TECHNICIAN and select the check box besides the technician to be added.



      5. To remove technician click on remove icon besides the technician.



     6. Unattended access group permissions given to the technician can be altered under Groups. 
Note : On downgrading your plan, the created departments will be disabled. They can be enabled again by upgrading to Enterprise Edition. 

Customizing the department

  1. Go to  Settings  > Organization >  Departments
  2. Click on  CONFIGURE  given beside the department to be configured.
  3. Select  Email Templates  to customize email templates.
  4. Select  Email Configuration  to configure your emails settings.
  5. Select  Contacts  to import contacts from Google or from your computer.


Enabling/disabling the department

  1. Go to  Settings Organization Departments.
  2. Choose either Active or Inactive and click on   given beside the department to disable or enable the department.


Note : Once a department is added, it cannot be deleted. It can only be disabled.


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