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Items are entered into {{IMSMANG}} by means of a Data Entry Form. Typically, each category of items has its own Data Entry Form template for recording information specific to that category. When entered into {{IMSMANG}}, all Data Entry Form items must be assigned to a locationLocation, which is tied to the country’s gazetteer, or political or administrative structure. The items can then be traced back to the country structure Country Structure so that users can easily report data such as the number and size of hazardous areas within a particular province.

===Location Folder===__NOEDITSECTION__A location country's official administrative structure, also known as Gazetteer, should be the base for the Country Structure used in {{IMSMANG}} is . Sometimes the official administrative structure has not been updated for a grouping of information, whether logical, geographical or sociopolitical and may be seen as a worksite. Using locations, users can group data that belongs together long time or it is associated with each other and handle not detailed enough using it as for a groupgeographical placeholder, including facilitating data entryworksite, searching for the Mine Action programme and running reports. To do this, locations must link that is why the data to the country’s political or administrative structure (existing gazetteer), whether at the province, district or town levelitem Location has been introduced in {{IMSMANG}}. This method also provides geographical context Two fundamental decisions to the data. As shown in the figure below, locations in make when customising {{IMSMANG}} are governed by two simple rulesis to decide what Country Structure level Locations will be consistently linked to and what concept Locations will represent. Typical concepts that a Location is used to represent include:

*a work area (where activities are taking place)*a community (a group of people affected by the mine/UXO threat)*the nearest town (the town closest to where the activity is taking place) Using Locations, users can group data that belongs together or is associated with each other and in that way get a better overview, facilitate searching and creating reports. The Locations is the link between the Country Structure, whether at the province, district or town level and the Mine Action data. As shown in the figure below, data in {{IMSMANG}} are governed by two simple rules: *all data must be linked assigned to a locationLocation*all locations Locations must be linked to the country structureCountry Structure

{{note|<b>Document the following decisions about locationsLocations:</b>

* what concept locations Locations will represent* what country structure Country Structure level locations Locations will be linked to

<b>Assigning</b> refers to the assignment of an item to a location Location for the purposes of grouping information. All items must be assigned a locationLocation.

{{IMSMANG}} provides the capability to assign items to locations Locations and create links between items, a function that shows the relationships between items and processes and that enriches the data collected. Assignments and links are defined during the Data Entry Form approval process. An item is assigned to one locationLocation, which ties the item to the country structure and allows for reporting data by area. The same item can then be linked to as many other items as necessary. In this way, {{IMSMANG}} supports the idea of linking activities to land, victims to accidents or any item to any other item. When used with item categories, linking adds a powerful capacity to implement an information workflow and create rich and useful data for decision makers. To ensure the integrity of this data, system administrators must clearly specify the kinds of links to track in {{IMSMANG}}.