So here's the deal: the man say "Load us some locations then... oh and by the way they have to be 'global' just in case some ar$e wants a second business group in the future..." . .Great all we need to do is supply a null bg_id and we're offski except: OOPS - Datapump ALWAYS supplies the bg from the batch header where the api has a bg_id parameter. Therefore it ONLY creates local locations! . .We're gonna be customising our own wrapper and DP-enabling that so as to load these things unless we can convince our friends of the benefits of having local locations... . .Just something to watch for on yer travels.... . .L+K . .CT