How to add, remove, or update locations in your project

It might be possible that  at any point during your analysis, you might want to add, remove, or update locations in your project. This guide explains how to do so based on your project type.

Add new locations

Hotspots or Optimal location characteristics projects

1. Download the template by clicking on 'Download' > 'Empty template'
2. Fill in the template by following the steps from Prepare your list of locations in the template article.
3. Upload the file by clicking on the Upload button .
4. Run the project again by clicking on the Run exercise Button.
    

Reduction projects

1. Select more locations from the list in the table or from your location logos on the map. 
2. Click on the Test reduction button again to restart the project and obtain the new results.

Remove locations 1 by 1

Hotspots or Optimal location characteristics projects

They are three ways to remove individual locations:

1. Choose location(s) you want to remove:

• In the table view: click on the garbage icon next to the lcoation to remove it from your list.

• In the map view: click on a location and then the bin icon.
   
• In the location pop-up: open the location pop-up with and you will see a bin icon under the map in the pop-up:
  

2. Run the project again by clicking on the Run exercise button.

Reduction projects

1. Deselect the location(s) you no longer wish to include in the analysis, either from the table or from the map. 
2. Click on the Test reduction button again to restart the project and obtain the new results.
   
   

Remove locations in bulk

1. Go to the table view 
2. Select locations that you want to remove.
3. Click on 'Delete locations' to remove the selected locations from your list.

Update locations 1 by 1

It might be possible that a certain location needs to be updated, relocated or refined. 

1. Go to the map view.
2. Click on the location and select the edit icon.
3. Adjust the characteristics and click Apply to save.
4. Recalculate the result by clicking on the Run Exercise button.

Validate the road snapping

If a certain location has a surprising low result, this might be due to a bad connection of the marker to the road network. On the map you can validate the road snapping of the location.

Verify if the location can reach the right road segments within 1 min car drivetime. This is important to be sure that the application connected this new location correctly to the road network. If you would see that the connection is not right, then you can update the traveltimes by selecting a different road segment as the main road segment to start from. You can then for example choose the road segment where the entrance of the site (the shopping center entrance given the charging location will be clearly indicated) is located. 

If you need to update the traveltimes, you can use the 'update traveltime' button as shown below.  A new window will open. Click on another road segment for a new snapping of the traveltimes. A red line will appear on the clicked road segment. Click Apply to finalize the new traveltime snapping and validate the connection with road map layer.

Indicate and validate the high impact characteristics

This window displays the objective location characteristics of the site which have an important impact in the model. Here you will recognise the configuration that was entered in Fill the template step.

• Car passage

This parameter indicates the number of cars per week that pass by in the area and from which your location can capture passing drivers.

• Segment

Here you can specify in which segment(s) your location belong to, you can switch the button on/off turn on/off the segment for the location.

Indicate and validate the other impact location characteristics

This window displays the qualitative location characteristics of the site that also have a significant impact in the model:

Update locations in bulk

If you want to update locations in bulk, you can follow the steps below:

1. Export the template by clicking on 'Export' - 'Template with the latest values'
2. Complete the template following the guidelines from Fill the template step. Sites that already exist in the project will have a UUID (identifier). The UUID should be completed for existing locations. If you wish to add new sites to the project, you can leave the UUID blank for those locations.
3. Upload the file by clicking on the Upload button .
4. Run the project again by clicking on the Run exercise button.