Locations

Unlike administrative areas, a location refers to a more specific point. Usually, a location is a physical place such as an office, health facility, or police station.

Locations serve two purposes:

• A precise, identifiable place where an event occurs (e.g. a mother gave birth at Ezhi District Hospital).

• A place of assignment for staff (e.g. Kunda Simbaya, Registration Agent, works at Irundu District Office).

Locations are configured within the administrative hierarchy. Learn how locations affect roles, scopes and jurisidictions

Example 1: Simple, populated administrative hierarchy

Locations sit within administrative areas.

• An administrative area may have zero or more locations.

• A location may have zero or more users.

Example 2: Locations directly under country

Locations can be placed directly under a country, without belonging to any administrative area.

Unless restricted, users assigned to locations directly under a country have jurisdiction over the entire country.