Change Primary Display of Province Names

This topic describes how you can change the primary display of province name in the user interfaces where province field is displayed. You can change the primary display to the full province name instead of the two-character province abbreviation.

Use the Manage Geographies task in the implementation project checklist to display the full name of province in the following:

  • Employee home address

  • Employee work address

  • Province of employment on the employee tax card

  • Statement of Earnings

  • Balance view

  • Payroll run results

To change the primary display of province name:

  1. Select Go to Task for the Manage Geographies task in the implementation project checklist.

  2. On the Manage Geographies page, enter CA in the Country Code field and click Search to view the predefined Canadian geography setup.

  3. Select Manage Geography Hierarchy from the Actions menu.

  4. Select a province code row and select Action and then Edit.

    By default the Primary field is selected to display the province abbreviation.

  5. In the Primary and Alternative Names section, select the row with the province name and select Actions and then Set Primary.

  6. Click Save and Close.

Similarly, repeat the above procedure to display the full name for each province.