Managing Departments

The Departments editor in Enterprise Manager lets you create and maintain the departments used to organize jobs and control role-based access. Each department has a name and an optional documentation field.

For conceptual background, refer to Departments in the Concepts online help.

Opening the Departments Editor

To open the Departments editor, complete the following steps:

1. In Enterprise Manager, expand the Security topic in the navigation pane.
2. Select Departments.

The Departments editor opens and displays the list of existing departments.

Departments Editor Fields

The editor contains the following fields:

Field	Description
Name	The department name. Maximum 20 characters. Required.
Documentation	Optional free-text notes about the department. Maximum 4,000 characters.

Departments Toolbar

The Departments toolbar provides actions for managing departments.

Related Topics

• Adding Departments
• Copying Departments
• Renaming Departments
• Deleting Departments
• Granting Department Function Privileges
• Adding Departments to Job Details
• Viewing Additional Department Information