# Setup Buildings

Users of this tool are asked to identify which buildings their department occupies. To do so, they are offered a drop-down list of buildings. This occurs on the Step 1: Department Identification screen.

Using the entry forms below, you will construct that list.

- If necessary, obtain your institution's list of buildings from whoever owns it.
- Decide which buildings should be included on the list you present to users of this tool. Suggestion: eliminate toolsheds, bus shelters and other structures that do not house people and whose loss would have little impact on the mission.
- Identify the buildings whose common names differ from their official names. In the entry-forms below, “common name” is the item that will be displayed to users in the drop-down list. Make sure that the common name is indeed the name that will be recognized by staff & faculty.
- The “Identifier” field is provided for institutions that attach a unique number or other key field to each building.

To modify an existing item, first highlight that row on the grid then use the entry-forms at bottom to modify.