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<chapter xml:id="state" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"  version="5.0">
    <info>
        <title>State</title>
    </info>
    <para>Administration > Identity > Locations > State</para>
    <para>The State Maintenance document defines the U.S. Postal Service codes used to identify
        states. When the user chooses the <emphasis role="bold">State</emphasis> option from the
            <emphasis role="bold">Administration</emphasis> menu tab, the system displays the State
        Code Lookup screen. After the user selects a state code or clicks the <emphasis role="bold"
            >create new</emphasis> button, the system presents the State Maintenance
        document.</para>
    <section>
        <title>Document Layout</title>
        <para><figure><title>State Maintenance document, create mode</title>
            <mediaobject>
                <imageobject>
                    <imagedata fileref="../images/help/state_maintenance_document.jpg"/>
                </imageobject>
            </mediaobject>
        </figure></para>
        <para>The State Maintenance document includes the <emphasis role="bold">Edit States
            </emphasis>tab.</para>
        <para>In edit mode, the <emphasis role="bold">Edit States</emphasis> tab presents a
            display-only set of fields on the left and editable fields on the right in which the
            user may enter changes.</para>
        <para>
            <table frame="none" tabstyle="striped">
                <title>Edit States tab definition</title>
                <tgroup cols="2">
                <colspec colwidth="1.0*"/>
                <colspec colwidth="1.0*"/>
                <thead>
                    <row>
                        <entry>Title</entry>
                        <entry>Description</entry>
                    </row>
                </thead>
                <tbody>
                    <row>
                        <entry>Country Code</entry>
                        <entry>A unique identifying code assigned to the country of which this state is
                            a part.</entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>State Abbreviation</entry>
                        <entry>The state abbreviation.</entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>State Name </entry>
                        <entry>Required. The full name of the state associated with the state
                            abbreviation.</entry>
                    </row>
                    <row>
                        <entry>Active Indicator</entry>
                        <entry>Indicates whether the state code is active or inactive. Remove the check
                            mark to deactivate the state code.</entry>
                    </row>
                </tbody>
                </tgroup>
            </table>
        </para>
    </section>
</chapter>
