You use the Distribution Location table to set up distribution locations that form a basis for the
flow of data, for example between stores and head office databases or between store and the POS terminals.
The distribution location contains information needed for replication.
Each store, head office and possibly POS terminal in your business (given you are not using the
Data Director) is a distribution location. You create the head office location manually,
but each time you create a store the program automatically creates a distribution location with the
same code as the store number.
When you assign a distribution location to a Distribution Group the program creates a
Distribution Subgroup with the same code as the distribution location.
The program also assigns the location as a Distribution Group Member of this new distribution subgroup.
Finally, the program assigns the distribution location to the member list of the location group denoting
all location, that is, the location marked as No Filter.
If using the Data Director for replicating, each distribution group that has POS terminals,
you create Distribution Sublocation for distributing to the POS terminals.
This also goes for a head office that uses remote POS terminals.
If you want to add the location to other distribution subgroups you have to create those subgroups
manually and add the distribution location to the Distribution Group Member list of those subgroups.
Each distribution location can only be assigned to one distribution group, but to as many distribution subgroups within that distribution group as needed.