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Turning off or changing staff grouping

Staff grouping may be changed (e.g., from Office/Departments to Partner/Manager) or turned off. If types have been entered and assignments have been made then changing the groupings can erase the group codes and assignments. Users need the chance to cancel the change. Therefore, Time provides warning messages each time a change is attempted.

The following is a table explaining the effects of adding or changing the types of staff grouping in use. Answering "No" aborts the change and preserves the current settings.

Offices only Deselecting Office "Delete all office references from staff and transactions?" Deletes office types, office from staff list and office from WIP list
Departments only Deselecting Department "Delete all department references from staff and transactions?" Deletes department types, department and assignments from staff and WIP lists
Departments only Turning on Offices when Departments already in use "Delete all department references from staff and transactions?" Deletes departments, partner and manager from accounts, staff and WIP lists
Partner or Manager assigned Deselecting one or both "Delete all partner/manager references from staff and transactions?" Deletes assignment from staff and WIP lists
Partner or Manager assigned Adding departments "Delete all partner/manager references from staff and transactions?" Deletes partner and manager fields from staff and WIP lists
Both Office and Department in use Deselecting either "Delete all office and department references from staff and transactions?" Deletes department types, department and assignments from accounts, staff and WIP lists