Location Management

Owned by Benjamin Mwalimu Mulyungi
Last updated: Sept 27, 2021
4 min read

The OpenSRP web location management package provides the ability to perform the following functions.

  • Creating locations.

    • Assign locations groups to locations.

  • Creating location groups.

Package Definition

  1. Location Unit - This piece of functionality helps the users create locations and add any parent locations for each location.

    1. NB: A location hierarchy is defined by assigning parent locations. If a parent is not selected then the location is taken as a root location in the hierarchy.

  2. Location Unit Group - This piece of functionality helps the users create a location unit group. Location groups are used to augment the location unit. It can be used to show the different working groups in a certain location.

    1. NB: location hierarchy is not defined by the location groups.

 

Location Unit

How to create a Location unit

  • You can access this page by clicking on the location management menu on the sidebar then, click on the location unit menu. This will load a page with a list of existing location units.s. Below is a sample of how the page would look like

 

  • Click on the ‘Add location Unit’ button on the top right of the screen.

  • This will load a form that allows you to enter the location unit details. The fields are described as follows.  Fields with Asterisks are a must to fill.

    • Parent field- allows you to add a location unit under another location unit, for instance, a District falls under a Region.

    • Geometry field-allows you to enter the geographical mapping details in Geo JSON format

    • Location category- allows you to categorize the location either as a service point (refers to the location that does not fall under the location hierarchy e.g a household ) and jurisdiction (refers to a location that falls under location hierarchy e.g facility, district, and  region)

 

  • Click ‘Save.

How to update a Location unit

  • You can access this page by clicking on the location management menu on the sidebar then, click on the location unit menu. This will load a page with a list of existing location units.s. Below is a sample of how the page would look like

  • Click on the ‘Edit’ link.

  • This will load a form that allows you to update the location unit group details. Fields with Asterisks are a must to fill.

 

  • Click ‘Save.

Location Unit Group

How to create a Location unit group

  • You can access this page by clicking on the location management menu on the sidebar then, click on the location unit group menu. This will load a page with a list of existing location unit groups.s. Below is a sample of how the page would look like

 

  • Click on the ‘Add location Unit Group’ button on the top right of the screen.

  • This will load a form that allows you to enter the location unit group details. Fields with Asterisks are a must to fill.

  • Click ‘Save.

How to update a Location unit group

  • You can access this page by clicking on the location management menu on the sidebar then, click on the location unit group menu. This will load a page with a list of existing location unit groups.s. Below is a sample of how the page would look like

  • Click on the ‘Edit’ link.

  • This will load a form that allows you to update the location unit group details. Fields with Asterisks are a must to fill

  • Click ‘Save.