The characteristics of a location are dependent on the settings performed at the location level. The following characteristics are available for a location:

Characteristic

Type

Description

Name

Text (40)

Location name, dependent on format definition of the local level of the location; see below.

Description

Text (256)

Any description.

Location type

Text (10)

Typing of the location; can be selected from a large number of location types that were defined at the location level of the location.

Status

Status

Status of location.

Geographical data

 

Geographic coordinates of the location; see below.

Address data

 

Address data of the location; see below.

 

Click to enlarge!Name

The aspect of location names is determined with the formats in the individual levels.

In the already used location system “Signal networks”, e.g. the following formats

 “Location”:                XXX[XXXXXXXXX]

 “Company”:                AAA

 “Building”        XXXXX[XXXXX]

 “Floor”        List of predefined values

 “Room”:        AN[NNNNN]

 

 

Valid location names are now:

 “Linz ABC Distributing Centre ground floor A001”

 “Wels  MAN  Warehouse 1st floor  B101”

 “Steyr  XYZ  Office 4th floor  A401”

Not possible is:

 “Vienna Mueller&Co.  G1  Basement R1”

 
Click to enlarge!Geographical data

Geographical data only become visible if their display was defined at the location level. They include the following entries:

Characteristic

Type

Description

Geo format

Geo format

Can be selected from the list of geo formats; is used for the interpretation of coordinates.

X

Number

X coordinates.

Y

Number

Y coordinates.

Z

Number

Z coordinates.
Click to enlarge!Coordinate check

If the coordinate check was defined in the geo format, a location can only be created if the coordinates lie within the defined minimum and maximum values.

Click to enlarge!Address data

Address data only become visible if their display was defined at the location level. They include the following entries:

Characteristic

Type

Description

Room

Text (50)

 

Floor

Text (50)

 

Street

Text (50)

 

No.

Text (10)

 

Street

Text (50)

 

Postcode

Text (10)

 

Country

Country

Can be selected from the list of countries.
Click to enlarge!Attributes

Any number of attributes can be attributed to every location system. From those attributes, main attributes can also be selected, which can be directly recorded in the detail window of the location, and can also be modified here.

Procedure

When creating the locations, it is absolutely essential that the user defines individual locations from “top” to “bottom”,  i.e. all additional levels based on Level 1 must be entered step by step:

Click to enlarge!Example

•“Linz”

•“Linz  ABC”

•“Linz ABC Distributing Centre”

•etc.