Locations in Field Service Management

  • Release version: Xanadu
  • Updated August 1, 2024
  • 1 minute to read
  • Location represents a geographical area that helps administrators to create different groups and assign tasks to those groups based on the location.

    Work locations

    Field Service Management relies on defined locations for qualifying work orders and tasks, and assigning dispatchers and agents. As part of setting up the application, you define your locations. You can then create qualification, dispatch, and assignment groups based on those locations.

    Assign a location to a user

    Territory management allows Field Service Management administrators to assign locations to users.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    About this task

    This creates a territory, or set of locations covered by a given user. The association helps the system to determine which users can fix problems in particular locations.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Territories > Users.
    2. Open a user record.
    3. In the Locations Covered related list:
      • Click Edit to add an existing location to the user.
      • Click New to create a new location to associate to the user.
      Territory management at the user level is not used for automations.

    Assign a location to a group

    Territory management allows Field Service Management administrators to assign locations to groups of users.

    Before you begin

    Role required: admin

    About this task

    This creates a territory, or set of locations covered by a given group. The association helps the system to determine which groups can fix problems in particular locations.

    Procedure

    1. Navigate to All > Territories > Groups.
    2. Open a group record.
    3. In the Locations Covered related list:
      • Click Edit to add an existing location to the group.
      • Click New to create a new location to associate to the group.
      Note:
      To determine which group covers a given location, the system checks the location hierarchy to see if there are any groups assigned to the location. If not, the system checks the upper level of hierarchy.