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# Assign countries to office locations

> Learn how to add or edit the country on your office locations in Empuls, one at a time or in bulk, and acknowledge the impact on linked employee profiles.

Every office location in your org structure can carry a country. The country on a location flows to the employee profiles linked to it, which keeps country-aware features like the redemption catalog accurate for those employees. You can set the country on one location at a time or apply the same country to many locations in bulk.

## Before you start

* You need admin access to **Business Information** in the Admin Hub.
* Locations must already exist. The **Locations** tab lists each location with its employee count and current country.
* Locations without a country show **Add country** in the Country column. Locations with one show the country name and an edit icon.

## Add or edit the country on a single location

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Locations tab">
    In the Admin Hub, go to **Business Information** and open the **Locations** tab.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Open the country dialog">
    In the Country column, click **Add country** on a location without a country, or click the edit icon next to an existing country name.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Search for a country">
    Type at least two characters of the country name. Matching results appear with the country's ISO code and phone code. Select the country you want.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Acknowledge the impact">
    If employees are linked to the location, a checkbox states how many employee profiles the change affects. Check it to confirm. **Apply Changes** stays disabled until you do.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Apply the change">
    Click **Apply Changes**. Empuls updates the location and shows a confirmation naming the assigned country.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Assign one country to multiple locations

Use bulk assignment when several locations sit in the same country, for example after a data import that left the country blank.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Select locations">
    On the **Locations** tab, check the box next to each location you want to update. The checkbox in the table header selects every location across all pages, not just the current page.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Click Edit Country">
    An **Edit Country** button appears above the table once at least one location is selected. Click it.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Search and select the country">
    Type at least two characters of the country name and select a result. The same country applies to every selected location.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Acknowledge the impact and apply">
    If any selected location has linked employees, check the acknowledgment box confirming the total number of affected employee profiles. Then click **Apply Changes**. Empuls updates each location and clears your selection.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Things to know

* The change only takes effect after you click **Apply Changes**. Closing the dialog discards the selection.
* The acknowledgment checkbox only appears when linked employees are affected. Locations with zero employees update without it.
* If a bulk update fails for any location, Empuls shows an error. Reapply the country to the affected locations from the **Locations** tab.

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