Manage countries

About countries

Before WorkZone users can use countries and postcodes, for example when creating new contacts, you must create them in the Countries and Post codes module.

Click Basic Data > Countries and Postcodes to display the countries.

Create a country

You can create a new country in the Countries module.

You must create the country before you can create postcodes associated with a country.

Create a new country

1. Click Basic Data > Countries and Postcodes.
2. Click in the empty bottom cell of the column Country.
3. Click the cell once more to be able to enter a country code.
4. Enter the country code in the cell, for instance, N for Norway.
5. Click the next cell - in the Name column.

Enter the name of the country.

6. Click the cell once more to be able to enter a country code.
7. Click Database > Save.
8. The panel Country names for <country> is displayed bottom left.

The name of the country is inserted in all rows.

9. Click the names you want to edit one by one, and make your changes.

Place the cursor in another cell and click Database > Save.

Edit a country

You can edit all information concerning a country except the cell Country. The content of this cell is the unique ID of the country. As soon as the newly created country has been saved, the cell is locked for editing.

1. Click Basic Data > Countries and Postcodes.
2. Click the cell of the country you want to edit.
3. Make the necessary changes.
4. Place the cursor in another cell and click Database > Save.

Delete a country

If you have created and saved a country with a wrong code, you have to delete the country. You cannot edit the cell in the column Country once you have saved the country.

You cannot delete a country if it has been used or if you have created postcodes belonging to that country. If this is the case, then you must delete the post codes one by one before deleting the country.

1. Click Basic Data > Countries and Postcodes.
2. Click the cell in the column to the left of the country you want to delete.
3. Click once more in the cell to select the row of the country to be deleted.
4. Click to delete the country.
5. Click Database > Save.

Country meta data

The data you can register describing a country is shown below.

Data	Description
Country	This cell contains a code, for instance, the international vehicle registration code. E.g. NO for Norway. The contents of this cell is the unique ID of the country. As soon as the data has been saved, the field is locked for editing.
Name	The name of the country, for example, Canada. In the bottom left panel you can maintain the culture specific names of the country. da-DK - Denmark fr-CA - Canada

To create new entries, follow the general instructions in Working with the user interface.

See also Post codes metadata.