Location groups are a key component of the system as many reports and other analysis are created by location group.

This option allows the user to establish new or change/delete existing location groups.  Location groups are any logical collection of locations.  For example if you are responsible for 10 locations you can create a location group that has all of those locations in it.  The association of location to location groups is done in the Location Group/ Location Maintenance function.   There are several pre-defined location groups supplied with the system (Small map, Large Map, Base Locations) and they cannot be deleted. NOTE: There is a very special location group called “Base Locations”. Associating locations to that group will impact the Tracking Programs Risk Alert tab by including all of the locations in this group on that tab.

Name - This identifies the location group's name

Description - A short description of the location group.

SLOSH Basin – This identifies the SLOSH basin that is associated with this location group. It only needs to be specified when the location group is being used to generate a SLOSH report.

Plot Font – This option allows the user to specify the font type, size and color which will be used when plotting the locations in this location group on a tracking map. It overrides the default location font. It can be changed by clicking on it and can be cleared by selecting the SHIFT key and clicking on it.

The options available from this report::

To ADD a location group, select the add location group option and modify data fields.

To Change a location group's information, make the required changes and select the update table option.

To Add Locations to a location group, highlight that location group in the list and select the Add Location to selected Location Group option.

To DELETE a location group, highlight that location group in the list and select the delete selected Location Group option.