Modifying delivery areas

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This page allows you to modify the delivery area or the parent delivery area details. Tell me more

The “Edit Delivery Area” page appears.

Delivery Area Code

The code identifying the delivery area (Alphanumeric, 18).

To search for a delivery area

Delivery Area Code

The code identifying the delivery area to be modified (Alphanumeric, 18). You can enter the delivery area code in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the delivery area codes that are similar to the code entered here.

Delivery Area Description

The description of the delivery area to be modified (Alphanumeric, 25). You can enter the description in full or specify it partially using the “*” character.

Parent Delivery Area Code

The code identifying the parent delivery area (Alphanumeric, 18). You can enter the parent delivery area code in full or specify it partially using the “*” character. The system retrieves all the parent delivery area codes that are similar to the code entered here.

Parent Delivery Area Description

The description of the parent area code (Alphanumeric, 25). You can enter the description in full or specify it partially using the “*” character.

Level

The level at which the delivery area is positioned in the hierarchy (Integer).

Status

Use the drop-down list box to select the status of the delivery area to be modified. The following options are available:

 
  • Both – Select this option to retrieve delivery areas irrespective of their status.

 
  • Active – Select this option to retrieve delivery area(s) that are in “Active” status.

 
  • Inactive - Select this option to retrieve delivery area(s) that are in “Inactive” status.

Note: The system retrieves only those delivery area codes that are in “Active” status.

The system displays the following in the “Delivery Area Details” multiline:

Delivery Area Code

The code identifying the delivery area.

Delivery Area Description

The description of the delivery area (Alphanumeric, 25). Mandatory.

The system displays the following field:

Level

The level at which the delivery area is positioned in the hierarchy.

Status

The status of the delivery area.

Parent Delivery Area Code

The code identifying the parent delivery area code that is in “Active” status (Alphanumeric, 18). The parent delivery area code must have been defined in the “Create Delivery Area” activity, for the login organization unit.

 

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The system displays the following field:

Parent Delivery Area Description

The description of the parent delivery area code entered.

Remarks

Any additional comments pertaining to the delivery area (Alphanumeric, 255).

The system displays the following fields:

Created By:

The login user ID of the person who created the delivery area.

Created Date

The date on which the delivery area was created.

Last Modified By

The login user ID of the person who last modified the delivery area details.

Last Modified Date

The date on which the delivery area details were last modified.

To modify the delivery area details

The system performs the following, after clicking the “Edit Delivery Area(S)” pushbutton:

To delete delivery area(s)

Note: You can delete a delivery area code only when it is in the lowest level in the hierarchy.

The system performs the following:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Modifying delivery areas – An overview

This page allows you to modify the delivery area or the parent delivery area details. The system regenerates the level numbers when the delivery area is mapped to a new parent delivery area. You can replace the existing parent delivery area with a new parent delivery area.

You are also provided with the option of deleting a delivery area or a parent delivery area.

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What you can do in this page

Cancel single or multiple delivery areas

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Cancel single or multiple delivery areas

You can cancel a delivery area when it is in the lowest level in the hierarchy. A parent delivery area can be canceled when all the child delivery areas under it are canceled.

The system sets the status of the delivery area codes to “Canceled” and regenerates the level numbers of all the delivery areas in the hierarchy.

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