This is the Places window, and its structure tells you a lot about the tables. There are six pages of Places, titled as shown on the page tabs. They are arranged in hierarchical order from Sites—the smallest, or most granular, entities—to Continents, the largest and most encompassing. The Nations table accommodates the 254 nations of the world, automatically linked to their appropriate continents and ABA regions and areas.
The scheme works like this: You will create Places, and “link” those Places to other Places higher in the hierarchy. Thus, the Place United States, in the Nations table, is “linked” to (encompassed by) North America, in the Continents table. Minnesota, in the States table is “linked” to United States and, by extension, to North America.
A perfect example of this scheme would be a birder’s yard. Let’s say she lives in Minneapolis. She would create 181 Grove Street on the Sites page, Minneapolis on the Cities page, and Hennepin on the Counties page. (The States, Nations and Continents are already there.)
Then, she would: “link” 181 Grove Street to Minneapolis; “link” Minneapolis to Hennepin; and “link” Hennepin to Minnesota. (The States are already linked to United States, which is linked to North America.)
This "linking" is easily and quickly done with a "Wizard," and none of those Places will ever have to be “linked” again; if our birder creates the Site “Lake of the Isles,” she will simply link it to Minneapolis.
Once this Places preparation work is done, whenever our birder records a sighting at 181 Grove Street, her Minneapolis, Hennepin, Minnesota, United States, North America, ABA Area, Lower 48, and Life lists are also automatically updated—all nine lists with one click!
With the AviSys Places Tables, she can have as many as 2,350 Places, all linked together. And if she runs a report for the United States, for example, her sightings at 181 Grove Street will be included. Reports can be run for any of those 2,350 Places. Bird sightings can be recorded at any Place in any category—Sites through Continents.
These Places will represent your frequently birded locations, those that you will use for reports frequently.
If you need more granularity, you can create more "levels" with the use of Key Words. If 2,350 locations aren't enough for you, you can also record and report sightings for an unlimited number of locations using Key Words.
If your Places structure ever needs reorganization, AviSys provides an automated Mass Place and Key Word Editing facility.