ENTERING DEPARTMENTS:

So far we just used the existing departments in the system. In order to add new ones, we must acquire admin privileges first. Log out of Marilyn, and log back on as admin. Then go to LeftNav->AssociateZone->AddDepartment:

Insert a new department. Unfortunately, for the manager Id the application won't be able to give you a list of employee Ids to choose from. There may be thousands of employees, and doing so would not be practical. As an admin you already know how to find particular employees' employee Ids anyway. Even if you don't, you may enter zero as department manager. It will not break the application.

Once you 'Submit', you'll be served the same window so you may enter additional departments.

Now, go to the department listing, LeftNav->AssociateZone->Departments, you should see the newly added department listed there. The same is true in anywhere else where the department entity is used: Employee Search, New Employee, etc.

Department, per se, is not an interesting entity. It could have been entered directly into the database without front-end hooks to the application. However, the department supervisor (or manager) is something we may want to leverage on in future applications. Hence, its introduction into the front-end.