Configuring Departments for MSP sites

There can be various departments in an organization which can be situated in different sites and, each of these departments have a group of employees in them. In ServiceDesk Plus - MSP you can add, edit, or delete the various departments of your organization. These departments are essential while adding requesters and technicians since each requester or technician will be associated to a particular department of the organization. To open the department configurations,

1. Login to the ServiceDesk Plus - MSP application using the user name and password of an admin user.

2. Click the Admin tab in the header pane.

3. On the MSP Details block, click Organization Details icon.  

4. Click on 'MSP Departments' from the menu on the left side to open the MSP Departments page

Add Department

To add a department in a site,

1. Select the site for which you want to add the department from the Departments for combo box.

2. Click Add New Department link available at the top right corner of the Department list page. This opens the Add Department form.

3. Enter the Department Name in the text field. This is mandatory field.

4. Provide a brief Description about the department in the text field provided.

5. Click Save. At any point, if you do not wish to add the department and would like to get back to the department list from the add department form, click Cancel.

Edit Department

To edit an existing department,

1. Select the site for which you want to edit the department from the Departments for combo box. This lists out the available departments corresponding to the site.

2. Click the edit iconbeside the Department Name that you wish to edit. This opens the Edit Department form.

3. Modify the department name and its description.

4. Click Save to save the changes. At any point, if you wish to cancel the operation that you are performing, click Cancel.

Delete Departments

1. Select the site for which you want to edit the department from the Departments for combo box.

2. Enable the check box beside the department name which you wish to delete from the department list page. Click Delete button. A confirmation dialog appears.

3. Click OK to proceed with the deletion. If you do not want to delete the department, then click Cancel.