A starting point marks where a representative begins their working day — for example, the first hospital they visit. It can be placed anywhere on the map.
Starting points are what territory balancing is built on. The system takes the brick that contains the point, assigns it to that representative, and then grows the territory around it by adding neighbouring bricks until the workload matches the criteria you selected. Balancing cannot start until every user taking part in it has a starting point, and the number of starting points defines how many territories will be created.
⚠️ One point per polygon. A polygon can contain only one starting point. If you try to place a second one in the same polygon, the system shows a warning: otherwise it would be impossible to decide which representative that area belongs to.
Setting a starting point
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Open the Summary table, find the user you need, and click the ⋮ icon at the end of their row. Select Set start PIN.
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Click the place on the map where the representative starts their working day. The pin appears immediately, in the user's colour and marked with their initials. The map stays where it is and is not recentred.
- Click Save to store the starting point.
ℹ️ Note: the position of the pin is not restricted in any way. It can be placed anywhere on the map, including areas where no organizations are located.
Moving a starting point
An existing starting point can be moved directly on the map: drag the pin to a new place and release it. While a pin is selected or dragged, it is shown enlarged, and the row of the matching representative is highlighted in the Summary table. This makes it clear which representative you are working with, which matters when several pins sit close to each other or when their colours are similar.
An existing starting point can be moved directly on the map: drag the pin to a new place and release it. A starting point cannot be deleted — if a representative should start somewhere else, move the pin.
⚠️ Finish editing first. While the map is in editing mode — the panel at the bottom shows Drawing as and the name of the user — pins cannot be dragged. Click the confirmation button on that panel to save your changes, and the pins become movable again.
Showing and hiding starting points
The pin icon in the header of the Summary table shows or hides all starting points at once. Hide them to work with the map without the pins, and show them again when you need to check the placement before balancing.
Checking a starting point against a territory
Two controls in the user's row help you see whether the pin is placed correctly:
- Show user bricks — the eye icon displays the bricks that currently belong to this user, so you can see the pin together with their territory.
- Focus the map on user bricks — centres the map on that user's territory.
Before you start balancing
Check that:
- every user taking part in balancing has a starting point;
- all points are saved.
For the next step, see Territory Balancing.