This guide is intended for customer administrators configuring the Location Area Service (LAS).
LAS provides the capability to assign friendly names to wireless Access Points (APs). As a user moves throughout a facility, the APs continually report the user's location using the friendly name assigned to the AP. On a device, the location is listed under the contact's name.
Location Area Service for a Store
The LAS portal allows an administrator to view the access point information, including the BSSID, the friendly name, and the site name. An administrator can also use the LAS portal to import AP information, which is more convenient than using the API.
When LAS is configured correctly, the location information represents the user association to an Access Point. Depending on the user's connection to the access point, the association of a user to an AP might not be the nearest AP.
