Geography

Select the “Geography” activity under the “Logistics Administration” business component.

The “Geography” page appears.

- Clicking this icon available near certain fields takes you to the help page of the respective field.

To create a new geography

This page consists of the following tabs:

v Country

v State

v City

v Postal Code

v Suburb

Tab – Country

Enter the following details in the multiline:

Country	The unique code identifying the country. (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory.
Country Desc.	The description of the country. (Alphanumeric, 255). Mandatory.
Time Zone	Use the drop-down list box to select the time zone of the country.
Status	Use the drop-down list box to specify the status of the country. The combo is loaded with the values as “Active” or “Inactive”. The system displays “Active” by default on the launch of the page. Mandatory.
Reason Code	The code identifying the reason for which the status has to be changed. (Alphanumeric, 40). This field is mandatory if the status is “Inactive”.
Reason Desc.	On enter of reason code, the system displays the description of the reason On save, the system saves the country details.

Tab – State

Choose the following details:

Country	Use the drop-down list box to select the description of the country. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “Country” tab of this activity.
Status	On select of Country, the system displays the status of the country.

On selection of Country, the system displays the following details:

Country	The unique code identifying the country.
Country Desc.	The description of the country.

Enter the following details in the multiline:

State	The unique code identifying the state for the selected country. (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory.
State Desc.	The description of the state. (Alphanumeric, 255). Mandatory.
Time Zone	Use the drop-down list box to select the time zone of the state.
Status	Use the drop-down list box to specify the status of the state. The combo is loaded with the values as “Active” or “Inactive”. The system displays “Active” by default on launch of the page. Mandatory.
Reason Code	The code identifying the reason for which the status has to be changed. (Alphanumeric, 40). This field is mandatory if the status is “Inactive”.
Reason Desc.	On enter of reason code, the system displays the description of the reason.

To proceed, carry out the following

Click “Manage Region” link to map the state with the region details.

Tab – City

Choose the following details:

Country	Use the drop-down list box to select the description of the country. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “Country” tab of this activity.
Status	On select of country, the system displays the status of the country.
State	Use the drop-down list box to select the description of the state. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “State” tab of this activity for the selected country.
Status	On select of State, the system displays the status of the state.

On selection of Country and State, the system displays the following details:

Country	The unique code identifying the country.
Country Desc.	The description of the country.
State	The unique code identifying the state for the selected country.
State Desc.	The description of the state.

Enter the following details in the multiline:

City	The unique code identifying the city for the selected state. (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory.
City Desc.	The description of the city. (Alphanumeric, 255). Mandatory.
Time Zone	Use the drop-down list box to select the time zone of the city.
Status	Use the drop-down list box to specify the status of the city. The combo is loaded with the values as “Active” or “Inactive”. The system displays “Active” by default on the launch of the page. Mandatory.
Reason Code	The code identifying the reason for which the status has to be changed. (Alphanumeric, 40). This field is mandatory if the status is “Inactive”.
Reason Desc.	On enter of reason code, the system displays the description of the reason. Mandatory.

To proceed, carry out the following

Click “Manage Zone” link to map the city with the zone details.
Click “Manage Region” link to map the city with the region details.

Tab – Postal Code

Choose the following details:

Country	Use the drop-down list box to select the description of the country. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “Country” tab of this activity.
Status	On select of country, the system displays the status of the country.
State	Use the drop-down list box to select the description of the state. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “State” tab of this activity for the selected country.
Status	On select of State, the system displays the status of the state.
City	Use the drop-down list box to select the description of the city. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “City” tab of this activity for the selected state.
Status	On select of City, the system displays the status of the city.

On select of Country, State and City, the system displays the following details.

Country	The unique code identifying the country.
Country Desc.	The description of the country.
State	The unique code identifying the state for the selected country.
State Desc.	The description of the state.
City	The unique code identifying the city for the selected state.
City Desc.	The description of the city.

Enter the following details in the multiline:

Postal Code	The unique code identifying the postal code of the selected city. (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory.
Postal Code Desc.	The description of the postal code. (Alphanumeric, 255). Mandatory.
Latitude	The latitude of the country.
Longitude	The longitude of the country.
Geo Fence Name	The name of the geo fence.
Geo Fence Range	The range to set predefined geographic boundaries.
Range UOM	Use the drop-down list box to select the unit of measurement of the range.
Status	Use the drop-down list box to specify the status of the postal code. The combo is loaded with the values as “Active” or “Inactive”. The system displays “Active” by default on the launch of the page. Mandatory.
Reason Code	The code identifying the reason for which the status has to be changed. (Alphanumeric, 40). This field is mandatory if the status is “Inactive”.
Reason Desc.	On enter of reason code, the system displays the description of the reason.

To proceed, carry out the following

Click “Manage Subzone” link to map the postal codes with the sub zone details.
Click “Manage Zone” link to map the cities, postal codes and subzones with the zone details.
Click “Manage Region” link to map the cities, postal codes, zones, subzones and state with the region details.

Note: At least one row should be selected in the multiline.

Tab – Suburb

Choose the following details:

Country	Use the drop-down list box to select the description of the country. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “Country” tab of this activity.
Status	On select of country, the system displays the status of the country.
State	Use the drop-down list box to select the description of the state. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “State” tab of this activity for the selected country.
Status	On select of State, the system displays the status of the state.
City	Use the drop-down list box to select the description of the city. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “City” tab of this activity for the selected state.
Status	On select of City, the system displays the status of the city.
Postal Code	Use the drop-down list box to select the description of the postal code. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “Postal Code” tab of this activity for the selected city.
Status	On select of Postal Code, the system displays the status of the postal code.

On select of Country, State, City and Postal Code, the system displays the following details.

Country	The unique code identifying the country.
Country Description	The description of the country.
State	The unique code identifying the state of the selected country.
State Description	The description of the state.
City	The unique code identifying the city of the selected state.
City Description	The description of the city.
Postal Code	The unique code identifying the postal code of the selected city.
Postal Code Description	The description of the postal code.

Enter the following details in the multiline:

Suburb Code	The unique code identifying the suburb code of the selected postal code. (Alphanumeric, 40). Mandatory.
Suburb Description	The description of the suburb. (Alphanumeric, 255). Mandatory.
Latitude	The latitude of the suburb.
Longitude	The longitude of the suburb.
Geo Fence Name	The name of the geo fence.
Geo Fence Range	The range to set predefined geographic boundaries.
Range UOM	Use the drop-down list box to select the unit of measurement of the range.
Status	Use the drop-down list box to specify the status of the suburb code. The combo is loaded with the values as “Active” or “Inactive”. The system displays “Active” by default on the launch of the page. Mandatory.
Reason Code	The code identifying the reason for which the status has to be changed. (Alphanumeric, 40). This field is mandatory if the status is “Inactive”.
Reason Desc.	On enter of reason code, the system displays the description of the reason.

To proceed, carry out the following

Click “Manage Subzone” link to map the suburb codes with the sub zone details.
Click “Manage Zone” link to map the cities, postal codes and subzones with the zone details.
Click “Manage Region” link to map the cities, postal codes, zones, subzones and state with the region details.

Note: At least one row should be selected in the multiline.

Click the “Save” button to create new geography details.

On save, the system saves the geography details.

To modify an existing geography details

Modify the required fields in the multiline and click “Save” button to update the modified geography details.

The system displays the following in the “Data History” group box:

Created By	The login ID of the user who created the geography details. The date and time at which the geography details was created.
Modified By	The login ID of the user who modified the geography details. The date and time at which the geography details was last modified.