Facility administration

Create a department

Create the facility department hierarchy and respect naming, nesting and total-department limits.

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Before you begin

You are a member of the facility.
If you create the department under an existing department (a sub-department), open that parent department first.
You have the permission listed below.

1. Open the departments settings

Open the facility. Select Settings. Select Departments.

2. Start the new department

To create a top-level department, select Add Department/Team from the Departments list.

To create a sub-department, open the parent department first. Then select Add Department/Team on the page of that department.

Note: You cannot create a department under the root Administration department.

3. Complete the form

MANSOQ opens the Create Department/Team form.

Components	What it captures
Name	The name of the department. Required.
Type	Choose Department or Team.
Description	A description of the department. Optional.

Note: MANSOQ does not accept a duplicate department name. The name must be different from the names of the other departments at the same level under the same top-level department.

Note: Your deployment sets a maximum nesting depth. Your deployment also sets a maximum total number of departments per facility. If you reach either limit, MANSOQ blocks the creation.

4. Save the department

Select Create Organization.

Permissions

Permission	Access
Can Create Facility Organizations	Lets you create a department. Held by Facility Admin.

Expected Outcome

MANSOQ creates the department under the facility, or under the parent department you selected.
MANSOQ shows a success message.

Version and configuration

These steps are grounded in the version 3.1 user guide and current source anchors. Available actions depend on your facility setup, roles, active catalogue records and deployment configuration. Source references identify the documented revision; live screenshots and site-specific SOPs still require instance-level validation.

Troubleshooting

Department creation is blocked

Check for a duplicate name at the same level and for the configured nesting or total-department limit. A child cannot be created under the root Administration department.

Source evidence

References are pinned to the private MANSOQ source repository. Repository access is required to open these links.