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title: Creating Personalized Departments in OneSuite
description: "Departments let you group your team into broad categories, such as Marketing, Development or Sales, each with its own label colour. Assigning people to departments gives you a clear overview of your team's make-up and expertise, which helps teams with…"
url: "https://help.onesuite.io/docs/creating-personalized-departments-in-onesuite/"
updated: "2026-10-01"
category: "OneSuite's Team Management"
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# Creating Personalized Departments in OneSuite

Departments let you group your team into broad categories, such as Marketing, Development or Sales, each with its own label colour. Assigning people to departments gives you a clear overview of your team's make-up and expertise, which helps teams with diverse roles stay organized and work together.

**In this guide you'll learn how to:**

- Open the **Departments** section
- Create a department with a name that fits your team structure
- Choose a colour for each department's label

## How to create a department

You create a department from the **Departments** section with the **Create Department** button.

1. Go to the **Departments** section in OneSuite. This is where you define your team structure.
2. Click **Create Department**.
3. Enter a department name that reflects your team structure. Think of departments as broad categories, for example "Marketing", "Development" or "Sales".
4. Assign team members to the relevant departments, so you get a clear overview of your team's make-up and expertise.

![Departments section with the Create Department form open](https://help.onesuite.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/creating-personalized-departments-in-onesuite-1.webp)

## How to choose a department colour

You choose a colour for each department's label while you create the department.

1. While creating the department, pick a colour for its label.
2. Use a different colour for each department, so you can tell them apart at a glance.

![Department colour picker with a label colour selected](https://help.onesuite.io/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/creating-personalized-departments-in-onesuite-2.webp)

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## FAQs

### What is a department in OneSuite?

A department is a broad category for your team, such as "Marketing", "Development" or "Sales". Assigning people to departments shows your team's make-up and expertise at a glance.

### Can I give each department its own colour?

Yes. While you create a department, you can choose a colour for its label, so departments are easy to tell apart.

### Where do I create departments?

In the **Departments** section. Click **Create Department** to start a new one.

### How should I name my departments?

Use names that reflect your own team structure. Keep them broad, such as "Marketing", "Development" or "Sales", rather than one per person.

### Can I just use roles instead of departments?

You can describe people in other ways, but departments give you broad team categories with coloured labels. They show at a glance how your team is made up and where its expertise sits.

## What to do next

**Bring people in:** Add teammates you can place in departments with [Inviting Collaborators in OneSuite](https://help.onesuite.io/docs/inviting-teams/).

**Organize your team:** Edit people's details and access with [Managing Team Members in OneSuite](https://help.onesuite.io/docs/managing-team-members/).

**Control access:** Decide what each person can see and do with [How to Set Up Profiles and Permissions](https://help.onesuite.io/docs/how-to-set-up-profiles-and-permissions/).