Customizable
Location Communication
Locations
Locations are designed to be able to mirror your organizations physical layout as closely as you'd like. They can be "nested" inside of one another, similar to folders on your computer.
- Globally
- Regionally
- Community Based
- Building Based
- Specific Area
- Specific Room
Any location in the system can be assigned to or associated with one or more of the following items:
- Contacts - for example residents or staff members can be assigned to multiple locations.
- Location Types - used to categorize your locations, such as "storage", "maintenance", "public space".
- Devices - screens that can receive and display notifications. Note that devices can only be assigned to one location at a time.
Location Types
Location types are used to group similar locations together by their purpose.
- Examples types include "Storage", "Dining", "Residential", or "Mixed-Used".
- Locations can be assigned to one or more location types. Example: Health Care, Senior Living, Assisted Living
Example use: You could send a message to any location of the type "Assisted Living" regardless of physical location.
Location Groups
Location groups are useful for creating collections of locations, typically for targeting notifications.
You can add locations to a group one of two ways:
- Individually, on a per-location basis
- Collectively, based on location type
As an example, you may wish to create an "Employee-Only Areas" location group to send notifications just to staff.
This group could be linked to location types of "Maintenance Facilities", "Operations", and "Employee Housing".
In this example, when that location group is selected for a notification, all locations matching that location type (and all users assigned to those locations) would receive that notification.