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title: Manually manage the domain for particular records
description: By default, the system automatically assigns a domain based on the user's company record. In some cases, however, domain administrators want to manually manage which domain a particular record belongs to.
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last_updated: "2026-03-12"
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breadcrumb: [Setup and administration, Domain separation for service providers, Access Management]
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# Manually manage the domain for particular records

By default, the system automatically assigns a domain based on the user's company record. In some cases, however, domain administrators want to manually manage which domain a particular record belongs to.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin

## About this task

The **Managed domain** field allows domain administrators to manually select a domain for the user, group, department, location, or CI record, rather than using the domain assigned automatically from the company record. The **Managed domain** field is available on these record types.

-   User records
-   Group records
-   Department records
-   Location records
-   CI records

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to the record you want to manually manage.

2.  Select the **Managed** domain check box.

3.  From the **Domain** field, select the domain for the record.

4.  Click **Update**.

    Clearing the **Managed domain** check box hides **Domain** field and the record uses the domain value from the record's company.


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