Locations dimension

The Locations dimension contains all of the physical locations that have been billed within the organization and is used for monthly reporting and provider-level budgeting.

TIP: You can manage your dimension tables by downloading them in spreadsheet form so that you can make larger changes more easily. You can then upload the spreadsheet with the changes back into the system. For more information, see Editing a dimension using a spreadsheet.

Accessing the Locations dimension

From the Enterprise Decision Support home page, in the Data Control section, click Data Management > Encounter Dimensions > Locations.

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The page can only display up to a maximum of 10,000 records.

Filtering records

To filter records:

  1. Click the funnel icon in the upper left corner of the page.

  2. In the Filter box, you can narrow down the records to display by selecting or creating a filter using the Filter Wizard. To access the Filter Wizard, click Edit. If you are familiar with writing filter statements, you can type the statement syntax directly in the Filter box.
  3. Click Apply.

Adding or editing locations

Due to the large number of records that this table may contain, you need to use the Filter panel to identify the records to display.

To add or edit locations:

  1. In the table, do any of the following:

    • To add a location, click Add Row. The new row displays at the bottom of the table. Enter information in each column. After you save, the table will display the new row in order by the LOCATION column.

      IMPORTANT: If you add a new record that already exists in the table, the system will overwrite the original column values with your new entries when you save your changes. We recommend that you review your entries before saving any changes.

    • To edit a location, click in the cell(s) to make your changes.

      NOTE: Columns that are grayed out cannot be edited.

    • To undo your changes, click the left arrow icon .
    • redo your changes, click the right arrow icon .
  2. When you finish making changes, click Save.

Deleting a location

Due to the large number of records that this table may contain, you need to use the Filter panel to identify the records to display.

To delete a location:

  1. In the table, select the row to highlight it, and then click Delete Row.

  2. At the Continue? prompt, click OK.
  3. When you finish making changes, click Save.

Column descriptions

This section provides descriptions for each column in the Locations dimension table:

NOTE: The table may display some columns that are related to other Syntellis products or have been created specifically for your organization. Contact your Syntellis Implementation Consultant or Syntellis Support if you need help with these columns.

Keys

Every table in the database must have at least one key column. Key columns define unique records of data in the table. If a table has one key column, then each value in that key column must be unique and defines a unique record in the table. If a table has multiple key columns, then each combination of values in those key columns defines a unique record in the table.

LOCATION - The code used to represent the location. This must be an alpha code, so an L is prefixed during the import process. Default should be used as the Location code if this dimension is not being used.

The system will not allow you to save the table if an entry includes one or more of the following:

  • More than the maximum allowed characters
  • Contains one of these characters: \\ / < > : ? | * ' \"
  • Begins with + - =.

Description - Describes the location associated with the code.

TIP: To help make reports more readable, we recommend that you do not use all capital letters in the description content.

DSS

These columns are used for the future development of Axiom Enterprise Decision Support.

LocationEntity - The entity location code used to identify the physical location of the department (entity).

TIP: The entity location code is different from the entity code, which is associated with a financial department. For example, departments on a hospital campus may have different entity codes but share the same entity location code because they reside in the same physical area.