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# Departments

## If you have many Users in one Unit you may wish to organize your Unit contact list in departments. Here is how you do..

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###    Topics in this article

**[What is a Department in Ziik?](https://help.ziik.io/using-departments#What-is-a-Department)**

**[Creating Departments](https://help.ziik.io/using-departments#Creating-Departments)**

[**How to place Users in Apartments**](https://help.ziik.io/using-departments#How-to-place-Users)

 

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### What is a Department in Ziik?

A department is a way to group Users in the Unit contact list. This is the sole purpose of departments in Ziik.

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-07-05_14-32-11-png.png)

 

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### Creating Departments

Go to your Unit in the contact list and select "+Department"

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-07-05_14-39-32-png.png)

Add the name of your Department and save.

![](https://help.ziik.io/hs-fs/hubfs/2021-07-05_14-43-14-png.png?width=483&name=2021-07-05_14-43-14-png.png)

Your Departments will now appear on the Unit profile.

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-07-05_14-45-18%20(1)-png-1.png)

 

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### How to place Users in Departments

Once you have created your local Departments in the Unit you can now place Users in their departments. 

 

Go to the User profile and select Unit membership

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-07-05_14-52-41-png.png)

 

Open the Unit membership and go to Edit

![](https://help.ziik.io/hubfs/2021-07-05_14-55-58-png.png)

Now select Department and save

![](https://help.ziik.io/hs-fs/hubfs/2021-07-05_15-03-28%20(1)-png.png?width=539&name=2021-07-05_15-03-28%20(1)-png.png)

 

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