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# Site vs location

# Site vs location {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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The site and location attributes have different uses for Operational Technology (OT).

## Site {#site-vs-location-ot__section_h4y_cls_k1c}

A site is part of the ISA Equipment Model Entity and describes an industrial site where your production process takes place. Sites are logical and you can use them to define an equipment model. You can then use that equipment model
to provide access control. For more information about access control, see [Assign or remove equipment model site access for non-administrators](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/MDKXEu2wh~V3BVnSjp4KXg "Assign or remove equipment model site access for non-administrators. You can create the user criteria to determine whether certain users can access the equipment model entities for specific sites.").

Sites can have a location but they aren't considered a location. Any OT device can have a location and be assigned to an equipment model entity site.

## Location {#site-vs-location-ot__section_v3h_2ls_k1c}

Location refers to the value stored in the Locations (cmn_location) table. It's the physical location of an equipment model or device. For example, if one of your equipment models belongs to the site Atlanta
and is located in Atlanta, GA, you would list its location as Atlanta, GA.