A location status is an internal value that the system uses with its business logic. Depending on your settings, you can change the status of child locations when you change a parent location.
When you change the status of a location to Decommissioned, you must consider whether the change affects other records. If the location you are decommissioning is on an active route, is part of a safety plan, or is preventive maintenance, you must select the appropriate check box. Otherwise, you cannot change the status of a location to Decommissioned.
To review the route, the safety plan, or the preventive maintenance record, go to the relevant application, where you can remove the location from the record. Return to the location record and change the status to Decommissioned. Decommissioned locations do not appear in select value lists, but they are maintained in the database as historical records and can be accessed from the Locations application.
The following three options are available only when the selected status of a location is Decommissioned: