Departments

Departments organize researchers into groups. They are used for filtering, order visibility, and optional department-level sharing.

Managing Departments

At Admin → Departments (/admin/departments):

• Create — add a new department with a name and optional description
• Edit — update name or description
• Delete — remove a department (warning if users are still assigned)
• Enable/Disable — toggle isActive for each department
• Search — filter by name or description
• Sort — by name, user count, status, or creation date

Department Properties

User Assignment

Researchers select their department during registration. The department dropdown only shows active departments.

To reassign a user to a different department, update their profile from the user management page.

Department Sharing

When department sharing is enabled (Admin → Settings → Extra Settings):

• Researchers can see all orders from members of their department
• Without sharing, researchers only see their own orders
• Facility admins always see all orders regardless of this setting

AI Department Import

SeqDesk includes an AI-powered import feature for bulk-adding departments:

1. Provide a URL containing a list of departments (e.g., a university webpage)
2. The system extracts department names from the page content
3. Review the extracted names and select which to import
4. Duplicates are detected and skipped automatically

The import URL is saved for future re-fetching.