Minimum Version Required: 22.01
Steps
How to Create Different Boundary Areas
1. Using the Universal Search, Navigate to the Geocoding dashboard.
2. The boundary type defaults to Territories
The Territories dropdown shows different boundary options:
- Territories: designated boundary area of customer locations
- Distribution Areas: designated boundary based on distribution limits
- Counties: boundaries set by County lines
- Charge Areas: typically used for tax reasons
- Deposit Areas: typically used for invoice reasons
3. Click the Draw Polygon option.
4. This gives users the option to draw the boundary in any shape.
5. Click Assign To Boundaries drop down and choose the boundary name needed.
Note: The boundaries available to assign to customers depend on the specific boundary type (ie. Territories, Distribution Areas, Charge Areas, Deposit Areas)
6. Click Save.
7. Click To Selected Territory under Assign Customers to assign the territory.
8. The next screen shows a list of customers with their current and new territory.
9. Click Confirm.
10. The Territory field is updated on the Customer’s record.
Note: The fields updated in the Customers record will depend on the boundary type selected (example: Distribution Areas boundary type will be the Distribution Area field).
Fields And Definitions
Customers table - Displays customer specific information
Geocoding dashboard - Mapped visualization of different physical boundary areas
Customer Geocode dashboard - Displays list of customers by Location and GEOCode Status
Best Practices
Remember to check the Customer Geocode Dashboard regularly to make sure all customers have the correct Geocode locations. This is usually focused on more during setup
The boundary assignments are typically used for reporting and analysis; boundaries do not dictate route creation.