Creating Department

Creating Department

  1. Sign into the Back Office and select a Store.

  2. On the left-side Navigation Panel, click Products/Items then Departments.


  3. The Departments screen contains the Departments table with the following columns:
    1. Name – The name of the department (entered when creating the dept).
    2. Description – Basic details about the department (entered when creating the dept).
    3. Actions – Buttons to Edit (pencil icon) or Delete (trash can) a Dept.
    4. Active - By default, the button will be set to Active and all Active Departments appear.
      1. Select Active to change to Inactive, and shows deleted Departments appear. If no deleted Departments appear, the message Departments not found appears in the body of the table.
      2. Select Inactive to change back to Active. A pop-up appears which shows ‘Are you sure you want to activate this item’ with Cancel and Yes, Activate options.
        1. Yes, Activate: the ‘… Activated Successfully’ pop-up appears.
        2. Cancel: the pop-up will be closed.


  4. Create a New Department by clicking + NEW DEPARTMENT or edit an existing Department by clicking the corresponding  pencil icon.



  5. For a Department:

    1. Enter the Name (mandatory).

    2. Enter the Code.

    3. Enter the Description.

    4. If applicable, slide the Include Membership toggle on (YES).


    5. Click Save or Update when finished.

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