button
on the tool bar shown in a red box below.Administrative units are set up on a hierarchical/cascade structure. For example, from country to province, then district, division and location. This could also be explained as a form of a parent unit to a child unit relationship.
1. To
access the administrative unit management, click on its button
on the tool bar shown in a red box below.
The Administrative Units Viewer displays to enable adding new administrative units as shown in the image below.
A sample of Administrative units prepared is shown below.
2. To set up a new administrative unit, type down its name and on the unit name field and its code on the code field.
The system sets a new unit as a parent unit if no existing unit is selected during a new unit creation.
If an already created unit is selected during creation of a new unit, the new unit will be the child unit and will appear below the selected unit.
3. If user intends to create a new parent unit when an already created unit is selected on the cascading view, click on the Clear Selection, button on the management wizard to reset selection.
4. Next, click on the Add
button (
)
shown in a red box below to enter the new unit name and code.
An alert message appears showing that the current unit will be a parent unit. To proceed, click Yes.
The Administrative Units Viewer also has the option of deleting a unit.
1. To do this select on an intended unit on the unit cascade and click on delete selection.
If the selected unit is a parent unit, the delete action will erase the unit and its children unit(s) below it. The image below illustrates how to select an intended unit on the unit.
