1.14 Updating department definitions upon an organizational change
If an organizational change occurs at the beginning of a fiscal year or term, according to the changes, you need to update the department definitions in JP1/IT Desktop Management 2.
To update department definitions upon an organizational change:
- 1. Determine department rules for the new organizational system.
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Before the organizational change takes place, determine the security policies and agent configurations to be assigned to the departments of the new organizational system.
- 2. Update department definitions according to the new organizational system.
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Use the ioassetsfieldutil export command and the ioassetsfieldutil import command to update the department definitions. Also, assign security policies and agent configurations to the departments of the new organizational system.
- 3. Update asset information according to the new organizational system.
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During the data migration period, ask each user to select his/her department in the End User Form dialog box. In addition, in accordance with the new organizational system, departmental administrators are to update department-related asset information that was used only in the old organizational system.
- 4. Delete information that was used only in the old organizational system.
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When updating of asset information is complete, delete the hierarchies of the departments that existed only in the old organizational system, because they are no longer necessary. In addition, if a departmental hierarchy that existed only in the old organizational system is contained in the administration scope of a department administrator, delete the hierarchy from the administration scope.