Defining a department

Departments are the third level of HR company structure. You assign departments to a process level. Departments are optional.

Before you define a department, you must define at least one company and process level.

To define a department

Access Department (HR02.1).
Select the process level to which you want to assign a department in the Process Level field.
Type a code to represent the department in the Dept (Department) field.
Type a description of the department in the Description field.
Set the Status flag to "Active."

Note: When you no longer use a department you set it to inactive.

See Options for defining a department.
If you want to override the process level's security level at the department level, select the security level and location in the Lvl (Level) and Location fields.
If you want to override the process level expense accounts, enter the department's expense accounts in the fields on the Expense Account tab.
If you want user analysis values included on Payroll expense transactions, enter the value in the field on the User Analysis tab. This information defaults to the employee time records for this department.