Specifying Primary Departments

Sometimes multiple departments in a single store use the same drivers. For example, the men’s, women’s, and children’s clothing departments may all use the same apparel driver. The Budget Creation module should count this driver data only once, and it should count it only for a single department. The primary department identifies which department is the primary user of a particular driver. A driver can have only one primary department for any given time period. Each driver must be associated with a primary department, because this is the department for which a driver forecast is aggregated.

A single department can use multiple drivers. Conversely, multiple departments in LFSO can share a single driver.

To specify primary departments:

  1. Select Maintenance > Optional Modules > Labor Budgeting > Labor Budgeting Settings > Primary Department.
    The Primary Department page is displayed. This page displays drivers, the associated primary departments, and the time period.
  2. Decide whether to define a new primary department or update an existing one:
    • To define a new primary department, click Create New Entry.
    • To update an existing primary department, locate the department and click Edit.

    • To view more primary departments, click Next.

    • To filter the list of displayed primary departments, use the search fields and the Find button.

    The Primary Department Detail page is displayed.
  3. Specify this information:
    Driver

    Select the driver for which to define a primary department, using the lookup.

    Drivers are defined in LFSO. To view them, select Scheduling > Schedule Optimization > Setup > Driver.

    Department

    Select the primary department for a driver, using the lookup.

    All the Labor Budgeting locations defined as the DEPARTMENT Labor Budgeting location type are displayed in the lookup. See Setting Up Labor Budgeting Locations.

    Start Date
    Select the beginning of the time period when the primary department is associated with the driver, using the date picker.
    End Date
    Select the end of the time period when the primary department is associated with the driver, using the date picker.
  4. Click Save.