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Type of department defines determines the user fields of users available to view for viewing and edit editing in the the Access Manager interface window.

To configure a type of department, do the following:

1. Go to the settings panel of the Type of department object which that is created on the basis of the Access Manager object.
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2. From the Icon drop-down list (1) select the icon for displaying of department in the Access Manager window.
3. You can change the department icon in the Access Manager window. For this, do the following:
   1. Right-click the icon in the lower left corner. Select Change icon in the menu.
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   2. In the Icon selection window that opens, select the department icon.
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4. For convenience of configuring the availability of the main fields, select template types of departments. For thisIt is possible to select template types of departments while going from the Visitor Management System module to the Access manager module and for convenience of settings of general fields availability. To perform it, do the following:
   1. Right-click the icon in the lower left corner. Select Set defaults in the menu.
   2. Select the template of the department type. Templates of the From the Template drop-down list (2) select the required template of department type (3). Templates of following department types are available: Employees, Visitors, Vehicle.Click the Apply button to apply the template (3). As a result values in correspondence with the selected template will be displayed in the Standard fields , the Fields and Additional fields tabs .

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      Settings of the Type of department object won't be saved while clicking the Apply button. This button only changes values of fields to the specified values in the template. To save these settings click the Apply button when all settings will be completed.

      will contain values according to the selected template.
5. If necessary, specify the access mode and category for the required fields manually. For thisIf it's required to set visibility and availability for required fields editing manually, do the following:
   1. Select a user field for editing. 

   2. From the Mode In the column (4) from the drop-down list select one of the following values:, select the access mode to the user field.

      Value	Description
      Hidden	The field is not Field isn't displayed in the list of user parameters while when viewing and editing
      Read only	The field Field is displayed in the list of user parameters while when viewing and editing but is not available for editing, but it isn't editable
      EditThe field	Field is displayed in the list of user parameters while when viewing and editing, and it is available for editing editable. Note. It is not available to edit The Card issued by and Access level assigned by fields because are always not editable as these fields are filled in automatically by the operator data while changing/assigning access level or access card. automatically filled with the name of the Operator when assigning/changing card or access level
      Mandatory	Field is mandatory when creating and editing a user in the Access Manager module. Field that isn't filled in is highlighted with red asterisks Image Added

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      See also the description of fields in the Setting user parameters sectionin Specifying user parameters.

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   3. From theCategory column enter  Category drop-down list, select the name of the user parameter group in the Access Manager interface window in which the field will be displayed in the list of users parameters in the Access Manager window while during editing and viewing. Category The name can be optional. If category is not specifiedof the category can be arbitrary. Categories that exist in the system are 0. Full name, 1. Personal data, 3. Vehicle, 4. Visitor data. If you don't specify a category, the field will be displayed in the Other category of the list of parametersparameter list in the Others category.
      

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      Categories Categories in the parameter list are sorted by alphabet. If it's required to strictly define the order of categories, use numeral prefix as for categories used in templatesalphabetically. Use number prefixes in the name to set strict order of sorting like in templates.

6. To add a category, click the Image Added button.
7. If it is necessary for this type of department to have its own parameters of access cards, make the appropriate settings on the Access cards the Cards tab (4) (for details, see Configuring access cards).
8. To save changes, click Click the Apply button (5)to save the settings.

Configuring a type of department type is completedcomplete.