## Maintaining Country Codes

Step | Action
1. | Begin by navigating to the Maintain Country and State Codes page. Click the Links link.
2. | Click the Manage Incident Reports link.
3. | Click the Maintain Country and State Codes link.
4. | Use the Maintain Country and State Codes page to modify the country and state codes made available when creating or reviewing an incident report.
5. | Use the Country Codes tab to modify the country codes made available when creating or reviewing an incident report.
6. | First, add a country code. Click the Add button.
7. | Lookup Codes are unique keys in the data tables and built into the logic of Oracle PSIR. Click in the Lookup Code field.
8. | A Lookup Code can be upper or lower case. Enter the desired information into the Lookup Code field. Enter a valid value e.g. "SG".
9. | Next, specify a short display value. Display values appear when an incident report is created or reviewed. Click in the Display Value field.
10. | Enter the desired information into the Display Value field. Enter, "Singapore".
11. | Use the Description field to add an optional description. Click in the Description field.
12. | Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter a valid value e.g. "The lookup code entry for the country Singapore".
13. | Saving the country code makes it available when you create or review incident reports. Click the Save button.
14. | The country code Singapore is now added.
15. | Next, modify the Singapore country code by editing the description. Click in the Description field.
16. | Enter the desired information into the Description field. Enter a valid value e.g. "Singapore".
17. | You can reverse any modifications to a single selected row using the Undo button. To save the modification, you would click Save instead. Click the Undo button.
18. | There are two types of delete, a hard delete and soft delete. A hard delete removes the country code from the database table, provided it is not used in an incident report. First, perform a hard delete on the code Singapore. Click an entry in the row.
19. | Click the Delete button.
20. | Confirm that you want to delete the Singapore country code. Click the Yes button.
21. | Click the Save button.
22. | The country code Singapore is now deleted.
23. | A soft delete inactivates a country code already used in incident reports. Inactivated codes are not displayed as options for creating or reviewing incident reports. Next, perform a soft delete on the Cameroon code. Click an entry in the row.
24. | Click the Active option.
25. | Click the Save button.
26. | The country code Cameroon is now inactive.
27. | You have completed the Maintaining Country Codes topic. End of Procedure.