Use of Department field in project online

Hi All,
In project server, we have the provision to use the field Department to have some control on the data visibility to a user, right?
Is this feature available for project online in Sharepoint permission mode? Can I get some article on this?
Is there any article/document which gives details of impact/areas affected when permission mode is converted from sharepoint permission mode to project server permission for project online?
Please help.
Thanks, Rose

Rose,
The Departments field is NOT a security feature. It is purely a "Visbility" feature. So regardless of SharePoint Permission mode or Project Server Permission mode, you can use the Departments field, and one does not have an impact on the other.
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If it gives you any comfort, here is a screenshot from my project online tenant, with SharePoint Permisssion mode.

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