Departments are used to group resources for reporting purposes.  Before a resource can be grouped into a department, the department must be defined.  Once a department has been defined and is used by DMS, it cannot be deleted unless resources using the department are assigned to another department.  Instead of deleting a department you can make it unavailable for use by unselecting the Available check box.

When you select Tables | Departments, the following windows appears listing the current departments:

Valid commands are:

1. New To add a new department, select File | New or click on the new icon .
2. Edit To edit an existing department, highlight the department in the grid and select File | Edit or click on the edit icon .
3. Delete  To delete an existing department, highlight the department in the grid and select File | Delete or click on the delete icon .  DMS will confirm the delete.  Click OK to delete the department, or click Cancel to cancel the delete.

If New was selected, the following window appears.  Enter the new department name and click the Save & New button to save the entry and keep this screen open to add another new department, or click Save & Exit to save the department.  Click Cancel & Exit to ignore the entry and exit the screen:

If Edit was selected, the following window appears with the selected department displayed.  You can enter the new department name and/or  change the available setting.  Click the Save & Exit to save the department changes.  Click Cancel & Exit to ignore the entry and exit the screen: