When you define the properties of your Compliance Accelerator departments, you can optionally assign additional, identifying attributes to them. For example, suppose that half of your departments are located in the United States and the other half are located in Europe. One of the supplied attributes, Country, lets you specify the country in which a department is located. By setting this attribute value when you define the properties of a department, you can provide context for the department and make its management a little easier.

You can also add department attributes and values by specifying the details in an XML configuration file. Then you can import this file into the Compliance Accelerator database.