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To enhance the speed and accuracy of location search results and minimize incorrect matches in other countries or regions, we recommend setting both a global region and a specific country. In PC*Miler Web Services Spreadsheets, you can achieve this in two ways:
- Option 1: Set the country and region within each function
- Option 2: Set two global country and region functions in a separate workbook
You can also set the default PC*Miler Version if you will be using the same version for all functions.
Option 1: Set the country and region within each function
Countries and Region arguments are including in each function.
Region
| Argument | Description | Values |
| Region | The default global region you want to use for location searches. | NA - North America EU - Europe WW - Worldwide data SA - South America AS - Asia OC - Oceania AF - Africa ME - Middle East |
Countries
| Argument | Description | Values |
| Countries | The default country you want to use for location searches. | A two-letter country code. |
Option 2: Set global functions in a separate workbook
PC*Miler Web Services Spreadsheets includes two separate functions to set a worldwide region and a country to narrow and improve location search results. However, these functions should be set in a separate workbook kept in the XLSTART folder. (See instructions below.)
- =SetDefaultRegionWS( ): Sets the worldwide region (NA, EU, WW, SA, AS, OC, AF, ME) used for location searches.
- =SetDefaultCountryWS( ): Sets the country (e.g. US, CA, UK, MX) used for location searches.
Set up the XLSTART folder
- Locate the XLSTART folder. This folder is typically located in the Microsoft Excel installation directory. If you are not sure where to find it, open a File Explorer window and search for "XLSTART."
- Save the workbook or template you want to open automatically in the XLSTART folder. Attached to this article is a template titled PCMDefaults.xlsx you can use to set defaults for PC*Miler 38 in the United States. Follow the same format for other countries.
- Every time you open Excel, it will automatically open any workbooks or templates in the XLSTART folder, including PCMDefaults.xlsx.
Set the default PC*Miler Version
The template included with this article, PCMDefaults.xlsx, also includes a setting for the default PC*Miler version, SetDefaultPCMVersionWS, to PCM38. That can be changed to any version, PC*Miler 18 or later.