Every vendor running roadshows at scale hits the same wall: your regional leads need to manage their territory, but the platform shows them everything. The West Coast manager scrolls past East Coast events. The account lead for one retailer wades through shows for chains they don’t touch. You either accept the noise, or you build workarounds outside the system.
Manager Territories fixes that.
Three ways to define a territory
On Permission Management, every manager now has a Territories tab. From there you assign territory in three flexible ways:
- Locations — specific stores or warehouses. Search by retailer, state, city, or store number; add individually or in bulk.
- Reps — individual field representatives whose events roll up to that manager.
- Groups — rep teams; any event worked by a current group member falls within the manager’s territory.
Territory assignments live alongside roles, retailer access, groups, and view scope — one screen for the full picture of who can see what.
Per-retailer visibility limits
The real power comes when you turn on visibility limits per retailer. For each retailer a manager has access to, you can independently enable:
- Limit to territory locations — they only see events at stores in their assigned location list
- Limit to territory reps — they only see events worked by reps in their territory
- Limit to territory groups — they only see events tied to reps in their assigned groups
Mix and match by retailer. A national lead might use location limits for one chain and rep limits for another. Limits apply to the manager’s event list in ZenShows, so regional leads get a focused view instead of every show in the company.
What changes day-to-day
- Cleaner event lists for managers — they see their region, their reps, or their stores, not the whole company.
- Flexible territory models — location-based, rep-based, group-based, or a combination per retailer.
- Bulk-friendly setup — filter locations by state or search criteria and add every matching store at once. No clicking through hundreds of rows one at a time.
- Clear accountability — each manager’s territory is visible at a glance, with location, rep, and group counts on the tab summary.
The Permission Agent can also set up territories conversationally — including regional splits like east coast / west coast — but the full Territories tab is there whenever you want hands-on control.
How to try it
- Go to Staff → Permission Management.
- Select a manager on the left and open the Territories tab.
- On Retailer Access, confirm the manager has access to the retailers you want to scope.
- Assign territory using the Locations, Reps, or Groups sub-tabs.
- Under Visibility limits, check the limit types you want for each retailer.
- Have the manager log in and confirm their event list reflects the territory you defined.
Optional — Permission Agent: Switch the chat panel to Agent mode and describe the setup in plain language (e.g., “Assign the east coast Costco USA locations to [manager A] and the west coast to [manager B], and enable location limits for both”). The agent previews counts and asks for confirmation before saving.
Questions? Reach out through the platform or drop us a line at hello@zenshows.com.