Understanding Geographic Area
A geographic area can be a country or a region within a country, such as a state or province. You can link geographic areas to each other to create a hierarchical view. The JD Edwards EnterpriseOne Grower Management system enables you to define two types of geographic areas: appellation and growing area.
Appellation is the official geographic region as determined by the relevant authorities who guarantee the origin of specified food and beverage products. Examples of appellation authorities include:
Australia. The Australian Wine and Brandy Corporation (AWBC).
Italy. The Italian Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
France. The National Institute of Appellations of Origin (INAO) created the Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée (AOC) system.
United States. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms established American Viticulture Areas (AVAs) to define growing regions.
Growing area is a separate region that is not legally recognized.
This diagram illustrates types of geographic areas:
To support geographic area relationships, the system maintains two geographic area descendents tables. These tables identify the children and grandchildren for any geographic areas. The tables also support the Use Hierarchy functionality of the Harvest Workbench program (P40G032).