Add Zone Structure
This document outlines creating zone structure in Backoffice
An important step in setting up PlaceOS is to create your organizations physical structure as Zones.
You can think of Zones as creating your digital twin of your physical organization structure.
The three required zones required are:
org
zone: your parent zone, named after your organizationbuilding
zone: your buildings within your organizationlevel
zone: the levels (floors) within your buildings
A
region
zone is optional, and may be used to:- Group buildings in a country
- Group buildings in a geographic region i.e. Europe
- Group buildings in a country i.e. NSW
A region zone sits between the
org
zone and building
zone. In this configuration, the building
zones belong to a region
zone and not the org
zone. If you are using a
region
zone, it is important to set a timezone or GPS Coordinates on your building zones to allow the app to correctly locate users.

In the following steps, we will walkthrough configuring your Zone structure including Organization, Building and Levels.
- PlaceOS Backoffice Administrator Access
An Org Zone is the parent zone for all other zones.
The Org Zone is typically named after the organization.
- 1.Login to PlaceOS Backoffice
- 2.Navigate to Zones
- 3.Click the
+
button to create a new zone - 4.In the New Zone Modal, you will need to enter the following information:
- Parent Zone: Your new org zone will be the parent, leave this blank
- Name: The name of your org zone (typically your organization name)
- Display Name: How you want the zone to appear to end users (optional)
- Tags: Enter a single tag of
org
The remaining fields are not required for org zones:
- Description: Optional zone description
- Location: GPS Coordinates for the building
- Code: Cost Center or Building Code
- Type: Code category
- Capacity: Total building capacity
- Map: A relevant map file

Add new org zone
- 1.Click Save
You have now created your
org
zone, this will be the parent for your building
zones.Building Zones represent your physical buildings.
The frontend will use Building Zones to allow end users to select buildings in your organization.

Building Selector
- 1.Login to PlaceOS Backoffice
- 2.Navigate to Zones
- 3.Click the
+
button to create a new zone - 4.In the New Zone Modal, you will need to enter the following information:
- Parent Zone: Select your Org Zone we created in the previous step as the parent
- Name: The name of your building zone (you could put an address or physical location)
- Display Name: How you want the zone to appear to end users (optional)
- Tags: Enter a single tag of
building
The remaining fields are optional:
- Description: Optional zone description
- Location: GPS Coordinates for the building
- Timezone: The timezone may be set on a building zone to allow users to be automatically located to the correct building.
- Image: An image can be uploaded to display in various apps, or be used as the background on room booking panels.
- Code: Cost Center or Building Code
- Type: Code category
- Capacity: Primarily for defining floor/level capacity

Add new building zone
- 1.Click Save
You have now created your
building
zone, this will be the parent for your level
zones.You will need to repeat this step to create all your buildings.
Level Zones represent your buildings levels (floors).
The frontend will use Level Zones (nested in building zones) to allow end users to select levels in your buildings.

Level Selector
- 1.Login to PlaceOS Backoffice
- 2.Navigate to Zones
- 3.Click the
+
button to create a new zone - 4.In the New Zone Modal, you will need to enter the following information:
- Parent Zone: Select your Building Zone we created in the previous step as the parent
- Name: The name of your Level zone (Typically this will be Level 1, Level 2 etc.)
- Display Name: How you want the zone to appear to end users (optional)
- Tags: Enter a single tag of
level
The remaining fields are optional:
- Description: Optional zone description
- Location: GPS Coordinates for the building
- Code: Cost Center or Building Code
- Type: Code category
- Image: An image can be uploaded to display in various apps, or be used as the background on room booking panels.
- Capacity: Total level capacity

Add new level zone
- 1.Click Save
You have now created your first
level
zone, this will be the parent for your system zones.You will need to repeat this step to create all your levels.
System Zones group similar system types e.g. meeting rooms, video conference rooms etc.
These systems are optional.
System Zones will allow specific configuration for a group of similar systems.
- 1.Login to PlaceOS Backoffice
- 2.Navigate to Zones
- 3.Click the
+
button to create a new zone - 4.In the New Zone Modal, you will need to enter the following information:
- Parent Zone: Select your Building or Org Zone we created in the previous step as the parent
- Name: The name of your System zone (Typically this will be 4 Person Meeting Room, MS Teams Rooms etc.)
The remaining fields are optional:
- Display Name: How you want the zone to appear to end users
- Description: Optional zone description
- Tags: Add tags e.g.
4-pax
orvideoconference
etc.

Add new system zone
- 1.Click Save
You will now need to add systems to the zone.
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