Departments
The departments tab allows the admin to add new and manage store departments.
Note: This tab only appears when "Department" setting is enabled in the Edit Store screen.
You can check the list of all departments and their basic details such as their email id, department code, and their pay on limit from the Admin >> Store Management >> Stores >> Action >> Departments.
Pay on Limit – This is the credit amount allocated to each branch.
Status –You can instantly toggle the status as either of the following:
- Make it Active: Members of the selected department can access the Store storefront.
- Make it Inactive: Members of the selected department are restricted from accessing the storefront. Making department inactive will not run any delete functions.
To add a department, click on the ‘+Add’ button in the Department Dashboard. This helps you to quickly create a department(s) for your Store Customers. Under Store drop-down, only those store will be listed for which Department Module is enabled.
Fill in the Add Department form to create a department:
Department
Enter the name of the department which you want to add into the store.
To Email
Enter the email id(s) for the selected department. All the updates regarding the department activities will be sent to the mentioned email address(es).
Cost Center Code
The main function of the Cost Center is to track the expenses of the department. This field will be displayed on Department Listing Page & Order Information Pages like View Order Detail, Export Orders, Export Order API, and generate Order Details Report, etc.
Pay on Limit
This field will only appear if the Pay On Limit in Store Setting is set to “Store wise”. Using this Store Admin and Site Admin can assign pay on account balance to each store. Enter the credit limit for this specific department. Next to the field, you will see the total Pay On limit remaining for this store.
Edit: Allows you to select the Store and Edit the department details.
Delete: This option will appear only if there are no records under the department, customers or orders.