Environmental & Risk Management / Compliance Management / Compliance Program Manager

Managing Compliance Locations

To assess the risk of noncompliance and the degree of compliance at specific locations, risk officers need to know the exact locations that a regulation or requirement applies to, or that a compliance program is designed for.

You can add location information when adding information for regulations, programs, or requirements. Or, you can use the Manage Compliance Locations task if this information was not included when the records were first entered. The Manage Compliance Locations task enables you to associate events, documents, and communication logs with locations. You can also select location information and assign it to multiple regulations, compliance programs, and requirements at one time. This is an efficient and quick way to manage location information for multiple compliance records when you have already developed records for regulations, compliance programs, and requirements.

This topic contains the following sections, describing what you can do from the Manage Compliance Locations task:

Working from the Manage Compliance Locations Tabs
Using the Filter Console from the Manage Compliance Locations Task
Manage Locations Tab - Selecting a Location to Manage

Working from the Manage Compliance Locations Tabs

The following table describes the work you can do from each of the Manage Compliance Locations tabs:

Tab	Description	How to...
Manage Locations	Use the Filter console to locate the locations you want to manage. Export the locations shown in the bottom panel to Word (by clicking DOCX) or to Excel (by clicking XLS). Select a location to work with it on the other tabs. Add a new location for a single record.	Manage Locations Tab - Selecting a Location to Manage Adding and Editing Locations for Regulations, Compliance Programs, or Requirements. Using the Filter Console from the Manage Compliance Locations Task
Assign Locations	Select locations and assign them to multiple regulations, programs, or requirements at one time. Update multiple regulation, program, or requirement locations with the same information.	Assign Locations Tab - Making Bulk Assignments and Updates
Define Locations	When you click Add New on the Manage Locations tab, the Define Locations tab becomes active so that you can add a new location. Alternately, if you select a location on the Manage Locations tab, the Define Locations shows information for the selected location so that you can review and edit it.	Adding and Editing Locations for Regulations, Compliance Programs, and Requirements
Location Events	This tab shows the events associated with the location selected on the Manage Locations tab. You can manually add a non-recurring event, if needed.	Defining Events for Compliance Locations
Location Documents	From the Location Documents tab, you can: Open documents associated with the selected location selected on the Manage Locations tab by clicking the link in the Document column. The file name is a link to open the document. Check in a new version of the document. See Using the Document Management System. Edit information for a document by clicking Edit in the row for the document. For a description of the information you can edit, see Adding Documents for Compliance Records. Add additional documents for locations as needed.	Adding Documents for Compliance Records
Location Comm. Log	From the Location Comm. Log tab, you can: View communications logs associated with the selected location selected on the Manage Locations tab by clicking View in the row for the communications log. Edit information for a communications log by clicking Edit in the row for the log. Add additional communications logs for locations as needed. See Adding Communication Logs for Compliance Records.	Adding Communications Logs for Compliance Records

Using the Filter Console from the Manage Locations Tab

The Manage Locations tab includes a Filter console that enables you to restrict the view to show the locations you want to work with using a variety of criteria. For example, you can enter filter criteria to show locations for specific regulations, programs, or requirements. Or, to target your highest priority compliance efforts, you can select to show locations by regulation rank, compliance priority, or requirement priority. To target the locations that pose the greatest risk of noncompliance, you can restrict the view by the compliance level code.

When using the Filter console, note the following:

Show Locations For: Since locations can be associated with several compliance items, this field enables you to select the compliance items (regulations, programs, or requirements) for which you want to see locations. You can make the following selections:
- All - Shows all Requirements, Programs, or Regulations that have a location entered for them.
- Requirements: Shows only locations associated with requirements.
- Programs: Includes only programs that have a location entered for them. If the program's requirement has a location entered, this location is shown for Requirements.
- Regulations: Includes regulations that have a location entered for them. If the regulation's program has a location entered, that location is shown when you select Programs.
Compliance Level. The restriction includes locations, programs or requirements having the compliance level you enter.
Vendor Code or Responsible Person. When you enter these values, the application includes locations that have the vendor or responsible person associated with the location, program, or the requirement.

Manage Locations Tab - Selecting a Location to Manage and Editing Location Information

From this tab, you can:

Use the Filter console to locate specific locations. See Using the Filter Console from the Manage Locations Tab.
Select a location to edit its information. The task switches to the Define Location tab so that you can edit the information for the location.
Export the records shown in the Select Compliance Locations to Manage pane to a Word document by clicking the DOCX button, or to an Excel spreadsheet by clicking XLS.

To edit location information:

If needed, enter information in the Filter console to locate the location you want to edit. See Using the Filter Console.
In the Select Compliance Location to Manage pane, click Select in the row for the location.
The Define Compliance Location pane shows information for the location.
Edit the information and click Save. See Adding and Editing Locations for Regulations, Compliance Programs, or Requirements for a description of the fields you can enter.