Location

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

The “Location” page appears.

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

To create a new location

Click “+Locations” button in the right hand side corner of the page to refresh and clear the existing data in the fields.
Enter the following header details in the right hand side of the page:

Location	A unique code identifying the location (Alphanumeric, 10). Mandatory. This field can be a combination of alphabets and numbers, and cannot be left blank.
Description	The description of the location. (Alphanumeric, 150). Mandatory.
Status	Use the drop-down list box to specify the status. The combo is loaded with the values as “Active” or “Inactive”. The system displays “Active” by default on the launch of the page. Mandatory.
Location Type	Use the drop-down list box to select the type of location. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “Codes Master” activity, viz (Warehouse, Hub, Booking Office, Airport, Seaport and Railway Terminal). The type is just for reporting purpose.
Reason	The code identifying the reason for which the status has to be changed. (Alphanumeric, 20). This field is mandatory if the status is “Inactive”.
Description	On enter of reason code, the system displays the description of the reason.

Enter the location code or retrieve the location from help page and Click “Copy” button to copy the existing location to this new location.
Enter the following details in the “Copy Location” group box:

Finance Book	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the finance book in which the location details are to be posted. The combo is loaded with all the finance books mapped to the organization unit. The system displays blank by default on launch of the page. (Alphanumeric, 50). Mandatory.
Cost Center	The code identifying the cost center to be mapped to the location (Alphanumeric, 50). Mandatory.
Default Account	The code identifying the default account code to be mapped to the location (Alphanumeric, 50).

This page consists of the following tabs:

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Tab – Geo Information

Enter the following details in the “Address Details” group box:

Address Line 1	The first line address of the location. (Alphanumeric, 100). Mandatory.
Address Line 2	The second line address of the location. (Alphanumeric, 100).
Country	The country in which the location exists. Mandatory.
State	The state in which the location exists. Mandatory.
City	The city in which the location exists. Mandatory.
Postal Code	The postal code of the location. (Numeric, 50). Mandatory.

Enter the following details in the “Contact Details” group box:

Contact Person	The name of the contact person in the location. (Alphanumeric, 50).
Contact Number	The contact number of the contact person. (Alphanumeric, 50).
Email	The email ID of the contact person. (Alphanumeric, 50).
Fax	The fax number of the contact person. (Alphanumeric, 50)..

Enter the following details in the “Location & Time Zone Details” group box:

Latitude	Indicates the latitude of the location. The value limit is +/- 90. Mandatory
Longitude	Indicates the longitude of the location. The value limit is +/- 180. Mandatory
Time Zone	Use the drop-down list box to select the time zone of the location. The combo is preloaded during implementation.

Tab – Shift

Enter the following details in the “Shift” multiline:

Shift Code	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the shift mapped for the location. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “Quick Codes” activity.
From Time	The start time of the shift.
To Time	The end time of the shift.

Tab – Operating Hours

Enter the following details in the left side multiline:

Shift Code	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the shift to be mapped for the location. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “Quick Codes” activity.
Sun	Select this checkbox to map the selected shift to Sunday.
Mon	Select this checkbox to map the selected shift to Monday.
Tue	Select this checkbox to map the selected shift to Tuesday.
Wed	Select this checkbox to map the selected shift to Wednesday.
Thu	Select this checkbox to map the selected shift to Thursday.
Fri	Select this checkbox to map the selected shift to Friday.
Sat	Select this checkbox to map the selected shift to Saturday.

Enter the following details in the right side multiline:

Holidays	The reason for the holiday. For example: Independence Day. (Alphanumeric, 255).
Date	The date on which the holiday falls in the year. (Date format).
Day	The day on which the holiday falls in the year. On saving the Date, the system displays the Day.
Shift	Use the drop-down list box to select the code identifying the shift mapped for the holiday. The combo is loaded with the values as defined in “Quick Codes” activity.

Tab – Customer

Enter the following details in the multiline:

Customer	The unique code identifying the customer(s) to be mapped to the location.
Name	The name of the customer.

Tab – User Mapping

Enter the following details in the multiline:

User	The unique code identifying the user mapped to the location.
Name	On enter of user code, the system displays the name of the user.
Admin	Select this checkbox to map the user as Admin user.
Planner	Select this checkbox to map the user as planner.
Executor	Select this checkbox to map the user as executor.
Controller	Select this checkbox to map the user as controller.
Default	Select this checkbox to map the user as default user.

Note: At least one checkbox must be selected.

Status

Use the drop-down list box to specify the status. The combo is loaded with the values as “Active” or “Inactive”. The system displays “Active” by default on the launch of the page. Mandatory.

Tab – Geography Mapping

Enter the following details in the multiline:

Geography	The code identifying the geography to which the location is mapped. Mandatory
Geography Type	On enter of geography, the system displays the type of geography (Country, State, City, Postal code, Zone, Subzone, Region).
Status	The system displays the status of the geography.

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

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

On save, the system generates a location ID and the status is updated as “Active”.

To modify an existing location details

Select an option from the drop-down list box and enter the keyword for a specific search.
Click “Get” button to retrieve the location details in the multiline

The following details are displayed in the multiline:

Location	The unique code that identifies the location.
Description	The description of the location.
Type	The type description of location.

Click on any “Location” Data Hyperlink to display the respective location details in the right hand side of the page.

The system displays the corresponding location details in the right hand side header and tabs. You can modify the required fields.

Click “Save” button to update the location details.

To proceed, carry out the following

Click “Map Location Coordinates” link to map the location coordinates from the Google map and record the Latitude and Longitude details.
Click “Maintain Zone” link to create the zone details for the location.

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

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