What are multi-tiered locations?

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Multi-tiered locations allow users to more accurately define the location of an item and more precisely communicate that location to members of the project team. It allows users to easily filter and sort items that belong to a common location at any level of granularity. For example, a user could filter for items located in Building 6305 (Tier 1), items located on Floor 3 of Building 6305 (Tier 2), or items located in Room 301 (Tier 3).

Multi-tier locations can be created from the multi-tier location manager in the Project Admin tool under the Locations page of Project Settings. See Add Tiered Locations to a Project. By default, multi-tier locations can also be created 'on-the-fly' in location fields of many tools in Procore. However, the project Admin will have the ability to lock location creation so that users can only select from a predefined list of locations and sub-locations to add to an item. See Allow or Disallow Users to Create Locations within a Tool. If this setting is turned on, it will disable 'on-the-fly' location creation. In the list of locations, each tier will be delimited using the '>' symbol. For example, a multi-tier location could be Building 6305 > Floor 3 > Room 301.

Which Procore tools support multi-tiered locations?

This list details the Procore tools and tasks that include a 'Locations' drop-down list that interacts with the project Admin tool's Locations Manager:

Procore Tool	To create a location, see this tutorial...
Action Plans	Create an Action Plan
Client Contracts ¹	Create a Potential Variation for a Client Contract
Commitments	Create RFQs Create a Commitment Variation
Correspondence	Create a Correspondence Item
Custom Tools	(custom)
Site Diary	Create a Site Diary Item Create Equipment Register Entries Create Inspection Register Entries Create Notes Register Entries Create Working hours Register Entries Create Quality Register Entries
Funding ²	Create a Potential Variation for a Funding
Incidents	Create an Incident
Inspections	Create a Project Level Inspection
Observations	Create an Observation
Photos	Add Tiered Locations to a Project
Head Contracts	Create a Potential Variation for a Head Contract
Defect List	Create a Defect List Item
RFIs	Create an RFI
Submittals	Create a Submittal Perform Bulk Actions on Submittals
Timesheets	Create a Timesheet

¹ The Client Contracts tool is only available to Procore users in the United States who have implemented the Procore for Specialty Contractors point-of-view dictionary. See What tool names and terms are different in Procore for general contractors, owners, and specialty contractors?

²The Funding tool is only available to Procore users in the United States who have implemented the Procore for Owners point-of-view dictionary. See What tool names and terms are different in Procore for general contractors, owners, and specialty contractors?

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Which Procore tools support multi-tiered locations?

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