Follow these steps to create a geography region, and add geography entry prefixes to that region.

1. On the Geography tab, click Edit Regions.

   Result: The Edit Geography Regions screen is displayed.

2. In the Available regions field, enter the name of the region.

   This field may be used to search for and select existing regions or create new regions.

3. From the Geography Tree, select the geography entry or geography prefix that is to be part of the selected region.

4. Click Connect to connect the selected geography entry or prefix to the selected region.

   Note: Where a geography entry is connected to a region, then all prefixes below that entry are also connected to the same region unless a prefix is specifically connected to a different region.

5. Add all entries and prefixes to the region as required.

6. Once the region is complete, click Cancel to return to the Geography tab.

   Note: All changes to a region are automatically saved to the database.

Follow these steps to display all nodes (that is, geography entries and prefixes) that are connected to a specified region.

1. In the Available Regions combo box, either enter a new name or select a name from the drop-down list.

   Note: The combo box may be used to search for and select existing regions or create new regions. See Combo boxes for details on how to use this field.

2. Click Show Connections.

   Result: The entries and prefixes that are connected to the region will be highlighted in the Geography Tree.

Follow these steps to disconnect a geography entry or prefix from a region.

1. From the Geography tab, click Edit Regions.

   Result: The Edit Geography Regions screen opens, with the Geography Tree tab active.

2. From the geography tree, select the geography entry or prefix to disconnect.

   Result: If the geography entry or prefix has nodes associated with it, node names will appear in the Regions connected to selected nodes field of the Geography Tree tab.

3. In the Regions connected to selected nodes field, click the node to disconnect.

4. Click Disconnect.

5. Click Cancel to return to the Geography tab.

   Note: The changes will still be saved to the database.

Follow these steps to locate a geography entry (node) in a geography tree by name.

1. On the Geography tab, click Edit Regions.

   Result: The Edit Geography Regions screen is displayed.

2. In the Find nodes named field, enter the name of the node (geography entry) to searched for.

3. Click Find.

   Result: Entries that match the search criteria will be displayed on the Names tab.

4. Select the entries to be located in the geography tree and click Show In Tree.

   Result: The Geography Tree tab is displayed with the selected entries highlighted.