LSOA Areas and Wards

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Introduction

The LSOA Areas and Wards feature acts as a address lookup and allows you to:

1. Look up address data when entering information on records. This includes address lines 3,4 (Town), 5 (County) and Postal District. The lookup will check the table for an exact match on the postcode, if a match is found it will complete the relevant fields from the table. If a match is not found it will remove the last digit and research, this will continue until the final character is left. If no results are found then the fields will not be completed on the record.

You can lookup the address by entering the postcode and selecting 'Lookup Address'.

"a screenshot of the address line 3,4 and 5 fields and the postcode lookup itself. This field is used to look up the address based off the postcode."

Once you have selected the lookup button, a list of possible matching addresses will appear for you to choose from.

"a screenshot of the list of possible addresses appearing after the lookup button has been pressed."

2. To attach local information when exporting data to a spreadsheet. It's recommended that full postcodes are used for this data;

  • Output Area Code
  • Lower Output Area Code
  • Wards
  • Locality
  • Local Authority
  • Parish
  • Clinical Commissioning Group

Adding/Editing

To edit an existing postcode click on the 'edit' button, or to add a new set of data click the 'Create new area' button.

Complete the following;

  • Postcode (required)

Org/Person Record Fields

The following fields are optional, these are used to fill in the address details on the records;

  • Address Line 3
  • Address Line 4 (Town)
  • Address Line 5 (County)
  • Postal District (this looks up the existing Postal Districts)

Reporting Fields

The following fields are optional, these are added to data extracted from reports, when specified;

  • Output Area Code
  • Lower Output Area Code
  • Wards
  • Locality
  • Local Authority
  • Parish
  • Clinical Commissioning Group

Click the 'Save Details' to save any changes.

Import of LSOA data

LSOAs can be imported using the "Import from a spreadsheet" section.