Creating Departments and Employee Types to Organize Users 24 Creating Departments You can use departments to organize users by hierarchical structure, geographic regions, or functional groups within your organization. Users can be assigned to one or more departments and, if hierarchy filtering is enabled, a user's department assignments limit that user's access to other users, departments, and projects. Departments should be added from the top of the organizational structure down, and can be configured at: Administration > Users/Departments > Departments For each department you create, you must specify: 1.    The parent department 2.    The name of the new department 3.    The values for any custom fields you defined Defining Employee Types Employee types can be used to group users along any criteria you choose. Each user's assigned employee type can be used to filter or group data in reports. Employee types are only required if the period that a timesheet covers varies by user, and is not based on their department. Employee types are defined at: Administration > Users/Departments > Employee Types For each employee type you add or edit, you must specify: 1.    The name, which will be used when assigning a type to a user 2.    The values for any custom fields you defined Number A numeric value, possibly with decimals Drop-down A pre-defined drop-down list the user must select from Text Free-format text, with a maximum number of characters allowed You can drag-and-drop departments to move them around the organizational structure. Type Description