Geographic zone collections (window)

Economy > Price lists > Geo-zones

In this window, the geo-zones on which the price zones are based can be managed. The settings apply to the collection of geo-zones or the geo-zone selected in the list on the left, and look slightly different depending on whether a geo-zone collection or a geo-zone is selected.

Geo-zone collection

Function	Description
Name	Name of the zone collection. The name is a collective name for the zones the collection shall contain, for example "Stockholm" or "Helsinki".
Export Zone Data	Exports all geo-zones in the geo-zone collection to a CSV file that can be edited in, for example, Excel. The edited CSV file can then be imported back into Opter.
Import Zone Data	Importing a CSV file of geo-zones into the geo-zones collection. Warning! Only import zone data into empty geo-zone collections. If the geo-zone collection already contains geo-zones, there is a risk of duplication as the import does not check if a similar geo-zone already exists in the geo-zone collection, but instead simply adds all the geo-zones from the CSV file. Make sure the correct zone collection is selected in the list on the left before importing the CSV file.

Geo-zone

General

Function	Description
Name	The name of the geo-zone, for example “Kungsholmen” or “Kampen”. For example, a geo-zone can be a city district.
Description	Free text field. The description is not displayed anywhere else but here.
Code	Short code for the geo-zone, e.g. “STO-KU” for the district of Kungsholmen in Stockholm. The code can be displayed in, for example, dispatch, so it is useful to keep it short to save space.
Direction	The position of the geo-zone in relation to the intended centre point. For more information, see Zone direction (window).
Color	The text colour with which the geo-zone is displayed in dispatch. If no selection is made, the geo-zone is displayed in the default colour. If the colour is changed but you then want to switch back to the default colour, select Automatic.

Postcodes

Search - Not Selected

In the top field (1), enter the postcode or town to be searched for. "11" finds all the postcodes starting with "11" and "mal" finds all the towns starting with "Mal". In the drop-down list below the search field (2), choose whether to search by postcode or town. Selecting All will list all postcodes in the country that has been selected (3).

The colours in the list mean the following:

White: The postcode does not belong to a geo-zone.
Pink: The postcode belongs to a different geo-zone than the one selected in the list on the left (4). The geo-zone to which the postcode belongs is shown in the Owned by column. The postcode can be moved to the selected geo-zone by dragging it to the right-hand list, under Selected (5).
Green: The postcode already belongs to the selected geo-zone. It doesn’t matter if a postcode that already exists in a geo-zone is accidently added again; there will be no duplication.
Orange: The row is highlighted. The postcode can be moved to the relevant geo-zone by dragging it to the right-hand list, under Selected (5). Multiple rows can be selected and moved at the same time.

Note:

The colour markers are not shown if the selected geo-zone is a postcode range, e.g. 10000-19999.

Selected

This shows the postcodes that belong to the geo-zone highlighted in the list on the left (4).

A postcode can be added to the geo-zone by entering the postcode or town in the Postcode or City fields, selecting the country and then clicking on Add.

Postcodes can be removed from the geo-zone by selecting them in the list, pressing Delete and then clicking in the toolbar to save the changes. Another way of deleting a postcode is to drag it to the list under Search - Not Selected and then click on in the toolbar to save the changes.

The columns in the lists

Function	Description
Country	The country in which the postcode and town are located.
Postcode	Postcode.
City	Postal town.
Owned by	The names of the geo-zone to which the postcode currently belongs.