User Departments

Creating departments within a PAM system helps ensure proper segregation of responsibilities and access.

Requirements

• User with System Administrator role.

Create a department

1. On senhasegura, in the upper-left corner, click the Grid Menu, represented by nine squares, and select Settings.
2. In the side menu, select User Management > Departments.
3. In the Departments report, on the top bar, click View actions and select New from the dropdown menu.
4. In the Department window, fill in the fields:
   1. Name: name of the department.
   2. Status: indicates the state of the department. Can be Enabled or Disabled.
   3. Responsible: select from the drop-down menu the user who will be responsible for the department.
5. Click Confirm.

Modify a department

1. On senhasegura, in the upper-left corner, click the Grid Menu, represented by nine squares, and select Settings.
2. In the side menu, select User Management > Departments.
3. In the Departments report, identify the department you want to modify. In the Action column, click Edit, represented by the pencil and paper icon.

The Department window will open in edit mode. Make the desired changes and click Confirm.

Delete a department

1. On senhasegura, in the upper-left corner, click the Grid Menu, represented by nine squares, and select Settings.

2. In the side menu, select User Management > Departments.

3. In the Departments report, identify the department you want to delete. In the Action column, click on the three vertical dots and select Delete, represented by the trash can icon, from the drop-down menu.

4. In the Confirmation modal, click Yes.

   Info

   Note that no department is actually deleted from the instance; it becomes inactive.

Reactivate a department

Since departments are not deleted from the instance, it's possible to reactivate them. To do this, follow these steps:

1. On senhasegura, in the upper-left corner, click the Grid Menu, represented by nine squares, and select Settings.
2. In the side menu, select User Management > Departments.
3. On the top bar, select No in the Enabled drop-down menu and click Filter. This action will filter the inactive departments in the instance.
4. In the Departments report, identify the department you want to reactivate and in the Action column, click on the three vertical dots and select Edit, represented by the pencil and paper icon, from the dropdown menu.
5. In the Department window, select Enabled in the Status option.
6. Click Confirm.

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