Regions

Regions are the geographical locations that countries can be associated with to enable you to determine where your guests are coming from, for marketing purposes at your Property. This is to help you to pinpoint physically where your business is derived. Regions might include Eastern or Western for countries within Europe, or Southern for countries within South America or Africa. You may also wish to include NE, NW, SE, SW; as well as top cities like L.A., Chicago, New York, Japan, etc., depending on how you wish to define your business. You should add all of the regions that could logically be attached to countries that you receive business from into the system. Regions are linked to countries (via the Country maintenance screen); and may also be used with our Query Builder function (our powerful report writing and data extraction tool) in building custom reports - for example, you may wish to generate a report showing where your guests are coming from using your reservations list.

This selection is part of the Property and System Configuration area of Skyware.

This is part of the required configuration for Skyware Systems and may be initially performed at installation for you. You may however edit the configuration to suit your property at any time if you have the appropriate access/authorization.

 

 

Quick Menu

Quick Menu with Manager's Screen option selected

Select Manager's Screen to be taken to the MANAGER'S COMMANDS screen.

Manager's Commands Menu

Select Configuration to be taken to the PROPERTY AND SYSTEM CONFIGURATION screen.

Manager's Commands Menu with Configuration option selected

Alternately, you may also be able to select Configuration directly from the Quick Menu, if the menu has been set up to include the Configuration option.

This will take you to The Property System Configuration Menu.

Property and System Configuraion Menu

The list of property configuration options are divided into four sections, which are Required Configuration, Optional Configuration, Locales/Dates and Sub-Systems.

Select Regions from the Locales/Dates section.

Locales and Dates section of the Property and System Configuration menu with Regions command selected

 

The Region Code Maintenance screen display is split into two frames, with the left side of the screen listing the regions already configured for your Property, and the right side containing the fields you need to complete in order to add or edit the configuration of a region. Any changes made on the right, once saved, will be updated in the listings to the left.

Region Code Maintenance screen example

The currently configured options are displayed by:

Order: List Order of the region. By default Skyware lists all regions entered in alphabetical order.

Code: A short version of a name for the specific region. Codes can be up to 6 characters.

Name: The actual name of the region or how you refer to it

 

Your options include the following:

 

Generate a new entry:

Click the New Generate New Entry button button from the toolbar to add a new region record. Complete the fields described below.

OR:

Select an existing region from the list on the left, and click the Replicate Replicate Current Entry button button from the toolbar. Then change the field information as described below.

 

Edit the current selection:

Change the field information.

 

Region Code Maintenance screen right side detail for editing purposes

Region Code: The short version of a name for the specific region. Codes can be up to 6 characters. Be sure to select a code that will be easily recognizable to your Staff.

This field is required.

List Order: This determines in what order the region code appears listed in the interface.

Enter a number into the List Order field.

This field is optional, however we recommend that you list the region codes in the order you prefer. This makes it easier for staff to find the region they need in the interface.

Region Name: Enter the full region name here.

This field is required.

 

When you are finished adding or editing any region entries, click the Save Save button button to save the changes.

 

Date Updated March 15, 2022