{"id":507,"date":"2025-06-23T20:36:16","date_gmt":"2025-06-24T04:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/?p=507"},"modified":"2025-06-27T21:50:50","modified_gmt":"2025-06-28T05:50:50","slug":"editing-a-location-in-hwm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/editing-a-location-in-hwm\/","title":{"rendered":"Editing a Location in HWM"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Sometimes the Tasks needed for a particular Architectural ID, or Area, change. Sometimes there is a typo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a way to make changes to individual Locations after they are in the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

NOTE: This does not change the Tasks that were already completed, only the Tasks that will be completed in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Standard User accounts do not have access to edit Locations. If you do not see \u201cLocation List\u201d, and believe that you should, please let us know. We will work with your company contact to ensure appropriate permissions.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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To Edit a Location in HWM:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. From the navigation bar, expand the \u201cHWM \u2013 Admin\u201d menu, then click \u201cLocation List\u201d<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. From the \u201cHWM Location List\u201d locate the record you would like to edit.\n
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    • Using \u201cSearch\u201d in the upper right of the table will filter any field for the query<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Once you have located the record you would like to edit, click \u201cEdit\u201d\n
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      • Clicking \u201cDelete\u201d will remove the record from active locations but can still be recovered using the \u201cShow Deleted\u201d at the top of the page.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • The current Task information will load in a form<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Make changes to any of the following
        • Assigned To = You can assign the location to a User if you would like. It is optional and you will need to know the Users id in the system to add them.<\/li><\/ul>
          • Zone = The \u201cZone\u201d where the room or area of the facility is located. This reporting feature can be useful when grouping tasks and locations based on a wing of a hospital, for example.<\/li><\/ul>
            • Location Name = The Location name given to the location, room, or area that is to be checked for hazardous waste.<\/li><\/ul>\n
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              • Task 1 \u2013 Task 40 = The item, or task, that is to be checked in the room or location. Essentially, the tasks are the checklist to be done after each location check.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Notes = These notes will load into the location and appear to the user that scans the Barcode\/QR Code<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Click \u201cUpdate Location\u201d to save the changes<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

                The next time a user scans the Barcode\/QR Code for this location, the changes that were made will load for them and attach to the completed location check.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                Sometimes the Tasks needed for a particular Architectural ID, or Area, change. Sometimes there is a typo. There is a way to make changes to individual Locations after they are in the system. NOTE: This does not change the Tasks that were already completed, only the Tasks that will be completed in the future. Standard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[66,65,67],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-guide-hazardous-waste-management-hwm","category-hazardous-waste-management-hwm","category-instructions-hwm","no-post-thumbnail"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=507"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":666,"href":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/507\/revisions\/666"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dhcsystems.com\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}