One Stage geography assignment
One Stage geography assignment lets you assign geographies to districts as you make geography selections.
Steps:
- Verify you are in One Stage assignment mode:
- On the Create ribbon, ensure the light bulb
is turned off.
Note:When the light bulb is on
, you are in Two Stage assignment mode. - Right-click the map to verify you are in the One Stage assignment mode.
Note:When you right-click the map, a context menu appears. To ensure you are in One Stage geography assignments, you should see Two Stage Assignments listed in the context menu.

- On the Create ribbon, ensure the light bulb
-
On the Create ribbon, choose an active district from the drop-down menu.

The active district is the district to which your selection will be assigned.
- Click to choose a selection tool:
- Select a Geography
lets you select individual geographies, one at a time. - Select Geographies by Rectangle
lets you select multiple geographies that intersect the defined rectangle. - Select Geographies by Polygon
lets you select multiple geographies that intersect the defined polygon. - Select Geographies by Polyline
lets you select multiple geographies that intersect the defined polyline.
- Select a Geography
- Using the selection tool, select a geography on the map.

The geography that matches your selection is automatically assigned to the active district.

4/16/2012