How are Territories Assigned?

• Territories are automatically assigned to clients, contacts and job openings when they are created or modified.
  
• When a record meets the criteria of territory, only then is it validated for its sub territories.
  
• If a record does not meet the criteria, it will be validated for the next territory of the same level in the hierarchy.
  
• When a record satisfies the criteria of a territory, it will be assigned to that territory and Zoho Recruit will further move on to check if the record meets the criteria of the other territories and sub territories in the hierarchy.
  
• For example, take the following territory hierarchy:
  
  
  
  
  In the example:
  
  • If the record meets the criteria for North America and also for its sub territory, Central then the record will have Central territory assigned to it. Please note that both the territories, North America and Central, will not be assigned to the records.
    
  • If the record meets the criteria for Zylker but does not satisfy the criteria for other territories in the hierarchy, then only Zylker will be assigned to the record.
    

Manually

• Territory managers can manually assign records to their territories and sub territories.
  
• Users with the Administrator profile can also manually assign territories to records.
  
• Territories that are manually added can only be removed manually. Automatically assigned territories cannot be removed manually.
  

Territory Assignment for Clients

Here are some scenarios:

A maximum of ten territories can be assigned to a client. Here are some use cases and the consequence

Territory Assignment for Contacts

Here are some scenarios:

• A maximum of ten territories can be assigned to a contact of which only one territory can be automatically assigned based on the client associated with the contact. For more details, refer to the Assignment of Clients table.
  
• With the above use cases, if the system does not determine a single territory then territory will not be assigned to the contact.
  

Territory Assignment for Job Openings

Territories are assigned to job openings based on Job Opening Rules. 

For various territories and sub territories, you may have created job opening rules. Two factors are taken into consideration in determining the job opening rule that will be applied to a job opening record. They are:

Contact associated with the Job Opening - If the contact associated with the job opening has a territory assigned to it, Recruit will check for Job Opening Rules in that territory. If there are sub-territories,

• The system will check the first level territories for Job Opening Rule. If none exists, it will skip to the second level and check. The system will not check further if no Job Opening Rule is available on the second level as well. 
  
• When the Job Opening Rules exists in the first level territory in the hierarchy, but the record does not satisfy the criteria, then the system will not check the second level.
  

Client associated to the Job Opening - If the contact associated to the job opening does not have a territory assigned to it, Recruit will check for the Client associated to the job opening and check the client's territory for Job Opening Rules. If there are sub-territories,

 This method will also be followed when:

• A job opening does not satisfy the criteria of the territories with Job Opening Rules.
  
• With the previous method, if more than one territory matches the job opening.
  
• A job opening does not meet the criteria in the Job Opening Rule of the first level of the hierarchy.
  
• The first, as well as the second level of territory in the hierarchy, does not have a job opening rule.
  

Also, territories will be reassigned to the job opening, if the associated client or contact is modified. Listed below are few scenarios that will help you understand this better:

Note

• Only one territory can be assigned to a job opening.
  
• With the above use cases, if the system does not determine a single territory then territory will not be assigned to the job opening. Also, note that if a territory is manually assigned to a record, the territories will not be assigned automatically based on the use cases mentioned above.

Territory Reassignment When Records Are Modified

For clients, the associated child records are contacts and job openings. When a client is modified and falls into another territory, the associated contact and job opening may also be reassigned to a different territory. The following table will provide details on the various use cases when the parent record is modified.

Listed below are few scenarios that will help you understand this better:

Run Rules to Assign Territories Automatically

When the territory's assignment rules are run, records that meet the rule criteria in the territory will automatically be assigned to the territory. Initially, when you go to Setup > Territory Management > Assign Territories in your Zoho Recruit account, you need to run the rules for the existing clients. Based on the client's territories, the associated contacts and job openings will also be assigned to territories. If you enable Job Opening Rules, you can run rules for job openings as well.

You can look up records and assign them to territories using one of the three options listed below:

• By Territory - Records from the selected territories will be listed. You can select the records and assign them to territories.
  
• By Custom View - When you have the records sorted using list views, it is easier to view and assign them to the appropriate territories.
  
• Apply my own criteria - When both the options above do not serve the purpose, you can always define a set of criteria to filter records. This option, allows you to modify the set of criteria using the Change Pattern option.
  

To search for records and assign to territories:

1. Click Setup > Territory Management > Assign Territories.
   
2. Choose Clients or Job Openings from the drop-down.
   
3. Choose one of the following from the drop-down:
   

• Territory - Select the territory and sub-territories from the drop-down list.
  
• Custom View - Select the list view from the drop-down list.
  
• My own criteria - Specify a set of criteria to filter records.
  

• Review the matching results that are listed and click Run Rules.
  Records will be assigned to various territories based on the territory rules. You will receive a confirmation email when the process of assigning territories is complete.

Note

Territories that are manually added can only be removed manually. Automatically assigned territories cannot be removed manually.