Adding Regional Areas

Prioritized areas can be identified on the map by selecting a predefined polygon in the system.

Before you begin

Open the Manage Incidents screen.

About this task

By default, the PassADAPolygons data set is selected.
To change the default data set, update the following context property:
  • Rapid Response > Incident > Areas > Default Dataset

Procedure

  1. On the Priority tab's pane title bar, click the Add Regional Area button.
    A Regional Area section is added to the tab.
    A regional area section with fields for Name, Dataset, Polygon, and Priority.
  2. Provide the following information about the incident:
    Name
    Type a name for the affected area.
    Dataset
    Click a dataset in the list.
    Polygon
    Click a polygon in the list.

    The polygon is shown on the map.

    Priority
    Type the priority number of the area.

    The higher the number, the higher the priority.

  3. If you make a mistake while defining the region on the map, you can undo the last change made by clicking the Undo Latest Change button in the bottom-right corner:
    An X.
  4. Click the Save button:
    Diskette.
  5. When prompted to save the record, click OK.