Create and Manage Departments

Weight Analytics allows you to create Departments and assign users to the Department.

To create a Department:
  1. Click Security > Departments.

    The Departments page is displayed.
  2. In the Departments page, click the + icon to create a Department.


    The Add Department dialog box is displayed.
  3. In the Add Department dialog box, enter the Department Name (mandatory field) and Department Description.


  4. Click Add Department.
    A new department is created in the Departments page.
    Note: You must assign users to a Department after creating it.
  5. Select one of the following options from the Owner Structure dropdown list:
    • Yes - Allows you to view the users assigned to the Department.
    • No - Does not allow you to view the users assigned to the Department.
    Note: The Owner Structure allows you to control the user access to a specified Department.
  6. To search for an existing Department, specify a value in the Search text field and click theicon.


    You can also click the Next and Previous icons in the right-hand corner of the Departments page to navigate to a specific Department page-wise.

Edit a Department

Weight Analytics allows you to edit the Department name and description of the Department you have created.

To edit a Department:
  1. Click Security > Departments.

    The Departments page is displayed.
  2. In the Departments page, click the icon to edit a Department.
  3. Specify a new Department Name (mandatory field) and Department Description, and Owner Structure and click the icon to save the changes that you have made.

Assign Departments

After creating a Department, you must first assign users to it.

To assign a Department:
  1. Click Security > Users.
    The Users page is displayed.
  2. Select the Departments tab to assign/de-assign a Department to the selected user.
    Note: The Departments tab has the following two sections:
    1. Available Departments: This section displays a list of the available Departments .
    2. Departments: This section displays all the Departments the user is associated with.
  3. In the Available Departments table, click the required Department check box and then click the icon.
    The selected Department is moved to the Departments table.
    Note: Similarly, you can also assign different Departments to new users.
  4. Click the required Department check box and then click the icon.
    The selected Department is removed and moved to the Available Departments table.
  5. After assigning a user to a Department, click the Save Changes icon.
    The Department data is updated in the system.
  6. To cancel any unsaved changes, click the Undo Changes icon.
    Note: You can assign only one Department per user.

Export Department details

Weight Analytics allows you to export the Department details in the form of a report.

To export Department details:
  1. Click Security > Departments.

    The Departments page is displayed.
  2. In the Departments page, click the icon to export the Department details.
    The Report displays the Department Name, Department Description, Owner Structure, and Department Members in XLSX format.

Delete a Department

Weight Analytics allows you to remove a Department and un-assign users associated with that Department.

To remove a Department:
  1. In the Departments page, click the icon to remove a Department.
    A message confirming the deletion of the Department and its associated users is displayed.

  2. Click OK to remove the selected Department.
    Note: If you remove a Department, all users currently assigned to that Department will also be de-assigned.