Departments are used in the Absorb LMS to organize Users into structured hierarchies. Typically, these are based on an organization's existing hierarchy or structure. Unlike Groups, Departments impact the reporting structure of Users within that Department. Users are required to belong to a Department, and can only belong to a single Department at a time.

In this article we will outline how to create a Department, along with some additional resources related to Department creation and management.

To create a new Department, please advise the following steps:

1. In the Admin Experience, click on the Users tile on the right-hand side of the page.
   
2. Select Departments from the Users menu.
   
3. On the Departments Report, click the Add Department button on the left-hand side of the page.
   
4. Enter the name of your new Department.
   
5. Select the Parent Department. This is the Department that your new Department will be listed under in the organization hierarchy. Click the Select Department button and select a Parent Department from the list of available Departments.
   
   
6. Complete the remaining fields on the Add Departments page. Required fields are indicated by a Required note in red. These fields cannot be skipped. Add relevant Job Titles and locations under the Field Values section.
7. Once you have filled out the relevant form fields, click the Save button on the right-hand side of the page.

More Information

You can find additional information about Departments in the following articles:

• Department Creation & Management
• How to Add a Department
• Department Administrative Report
• Department Templates
• Locked Department
• Data Imports: Object - Departments
• Department Progress Report