The Areas tab in My Organizations allows you to create a list of areas by either manually adding areas OR importing a list of up to 3,000 areas. It also displays which Assessor databases – Salary Assessor (SA), Executive Compensation Assessor (XA), Global Salary Calculator (GSC), Geographic Assessor (GA), and/or Relocation Assessor (RA) – contain data for the areas defined in the organization.
To Manually Add Areas to an Organization
1.In My Organizations, create a new organization OR select a saved organization.
2.Navigate to the Areas tab.
3.Click Add Area to open the Browse Areas dialog.
4.Use one of these tools to select an area:
•Search ERI Areas by Area Name OR Postal Code. Use Filters to limit the area list.
•Perform a Radius Search.
•Create a User-Defined Average.
•Browse by Region.
5.Once you have selected an area, click OK and return to My Organizations.
Note: You cannot combine primary and extended database areas into a single list.
To Import Areas to an Organization
To import areas to an organization, first create a list of up to 3,000 areas using a program like Microsoft Excel and save it as a .CSV (comma delimited) file. ERI provides users with a .CSV file template to simplify the upload process. If you attempt to upload another file format, then this message is displayed: "We currently only support '.csv' file format for upload." Follow the steps below to create and import a .CSV file.
To Create a .CSV File
1.In My Organizations, navigate to the Areas tab.
2.Click the 
button to download and save a .CSV file template.
3.Open the .CSV file template using a spreadsheet program like Microsoft Excel.
4.Fill out the template. Required columns are designated with an asterisk (*). A maximum of 500 areas is allowed.
5.Once the table is complete, give the file a unique name (different from the template file name) and save the file in a .CSV (comma delimited) format. Close the .CSV file.
To Import a .CSV File
1.In My Organizations, create a new organization OR select a saved organization.
2.Navigate to the Areas tab.
3.Click Upload to open the Upload Areas dialog.
4.Click Browse to select a file in the .CSV format and then click Open. Then click OK.
5.In the Upload list from file dialog, the rows that have been successfully imported are displayed.
6.Click OK to return to My Organizations.
Note: Areas within the same organization must be unique. Duplicate Areas are not allowed within the same organization.
To Edit an Individual Area
1.Click Edit next to the selected area.
2.In the Browse Areas dialog, use one of these tools to edit the area:
•Search ERI Areas by Area Name OR Postal Code. Use Filters to limit the area list.
•Perform a Radius Search.
•Create a User-Defined Average.
•Browse by Region.
3.Once you have edited the area, click OK and return to My Organizations.
To Delete an Individual Area
1.Click 
next to the selected area.
2.Confirm the deletion.
To Delete an Individual List in an Organization
See List Management
To Create an Organization
See My Organizations
To Use an Organization
See My Organizations
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