Edit People Records to Reflect Correct ISO Country Names

All publications on the EM system use the ISO 3166-1 list of countries. Depending on how records were entered into a publication's database, some may not comply with the ISO standard. A report is available to help identify inconsistencies between People Data and the ISO Country list.

Note: For publications that do not transmit files and metadata to a production system, ISO Country normalization is not necessary. However, publications may choose to update People records for reporting purposes, etc.

Go to the Reports menu > Summary and Annual Reports > ISO Standard Country Comparison Report.

Two optional settings for the report are available:

Create Extraction File for Download runs and automatically downloads to the user's computer a tab-delimited text file.
Exclude Blank Country Values does not include in the report any records without a country.

The report lists People records that have non-compliant country names (countries that do not match the ISO list). The editorial office may refer to the report to update the incorrect People records manually.

For related information, see:

ISO Country Standards