Deleting Departments

Before you can delete a department in Enterprise Manager, you must complete three prerequisite steps in order:

1. Revoke all departmental function privileges granted to roles for that department.
2. Reassign all jobs that reference the department in the daily tables.
3. Reassign all jobs that reference the department in the master tables.

Only after completing those steps can you delete the department record itself. The <General> department is a system default and cannot be deleted.

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If a department still has cross-references — roles with granted privileges, or jobs assigned to it in either the daily or master tables — the Remove button displays an error and the deletion is blocked.

Revoke Departmental Function Privileges

To revoke departmental function privileges for all roles, complete the following steps:

1. In Enterprise Manager, select Departmental Function Privileges under the Security topic. The Departmental Function Privileges screen opens.
2. Select a role in the Select Role list. Use the Find (Ctrl+F) button to search for a role by name.
3. Select the department to be deleted in the Departments list.
4. In the Granted list, select all functions. Use Shift+select to select multiple items.
5. Select the left-arrow button to move all selected functions to the Revoked list.
6. Repeat steps 2–5 for every role that has privileges for this department.
7. Select Close to close the Departmental Function Privileges screen.

Result: No roles retain granted functions for the department.

Reassign Jobs in the Daily Table

To remove the department assignment from daily jobs, complete the following steps:

1. Select Daily Maintenance under the Administration topic. The Daily Maintenance screen opens.
2. Select the expand arrow next to the date you want to update.
3. Select the expand arrow next to the schedule you want to update.
4. Select the job.
5. Select Edit Daily. The Job Daily screen opens.
6. In the Job Details frame, select <General> or a different department name in the Department list.
7. Select Save on the Job Daily toolbar.
8. Repeat steps 3–7 for every job assigned to the department being deleted.
9. Select Close to close the Job Daily screen.

Result: No daily jobs reference the department being deleted.

Reassign Jobs in the Master Tables

To remove the department assignment from master jobs, complete the following steps:

1. Select Edit Master. The Job Master screen opens.
2. Select a schedule in the Schedule list.
3. Select a job in the Job list.
4. In the Job Details frame, select <General> or a different department name in the Department list.
5. Select Save on the Job Master toolbar.
6. Repeat steps 3–5 for every job assigned to the department being deleted.
7. Select Close to close the Job Master screen.

Result: No master jobs reference the department being deleted.

Delete the Department

To delete the department record, complete the following steps:

1. Select Departments under the Security topic. The Departments screen opens.
2. Select the department in the Select a department list.
3. Select Remove on the Departments toolbar.
4. Select Yes to confirm the deletion, or No to cancel.
5. Select Close to close the Departments screen.

Result: The department record is permanently removed from OpCon and no longer appears in any department list.