Collection Explorer ◢Places/Organization/Persons group ◢Countries collection

Purpose

Defines countries for addresses, telephone access codes and currencies.

Where used

Organizations, Persons

Data fields

Name

This is the complete (official) name for the country.

Short name

This is the common name of the country that's shown in most country-related fields.

Country code

The system uses the ISO standard 2-character abbreviation.

Internet domain

This specifies the Internet country code top-level domain issued by IANA.

Default language

This is the country's preferred business or technical language. Most companies that operate within this country communicate in this language.

Default time zone (GMT/UTC)

This field is used to suggest local time zones for organizations that are in this country. If this country has more than one time zone, it's usually most useful to select the time zone of the capital city or principal commercial center.

Telephone country code

Enter the numeric telephone country code. Although the telephone access code is usually unique, some countries share codes (e.g., the US, Canada and the Caribbean are all 1) and other countries may have more than one code.

Currency

Select the country's currency from the Currencycollection list.

Active: users can select
Default member of collection
Permanent member of collection

See the Managing collections: Common attributes help topic.

Setup

To reduce the number of countries they have to scroll through, users will appreciate if you mark Active: users can select only for those countries that affect your PLM procedure. Consider design groups, vendors, purchasing and (possibly) currencies. If you export your products, then you may want to include destination countries.

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