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alias: user-guide-create-area
description: "Create a new Area object, specifying details like type, location, and associated information"
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# Create Area

:lock: Area.**Create**

:lock: Area.**CreateTemplate**

:lock: Area.**CreateFromTemplate**

## Overview

This operation is used to create a **Area**. A template can also be created using a similar procedure and there is also the possibility of using a template to create the new object as well. This selection can be done in the main entity menu.

## Setup

No specific setup is required other than to meet the preconditions of the transaction.

## Preconditions

* The **Area** does not currently exist in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: General Data

1. Provide a name for the **Area**.
2. Optionally, provide a description of the **Area**.
3. Select the **Area** type. The list of possible values is taken from the lookup table `AreaType`.
4. Select the **Facility** where the **Area** is located.
5. Select the display order for the **Area** in the fabExplorer view.
6. Select the appropriate **Area Type**. This is separate from the **Type** selected above and serves as the distinction for the classification of the **Area** as Parent or Child. Types can be:

      * Area
      * Production Line
      * Storage Area

7. If the **Area Type** selected in 6 is other than Area, a **Parent Area** for the new **Area** must be defined.

![create_area][create_area]

### Step 2: Additional Information

For Area Type **Area**:

1. Select the **Calendar** that should be associated to the **Area**.
2. Optionally, select a **Schedule** for the **Area**.
3. If a Schedule is selected, choose the Scheduling Area Group for this **Area**. Values are taken from the Lookup Table `SchedulingAreaGroup`.
4. Optionally, select a Cost Center for the **Area**. Cost Centers are taken from the Lookup Table `CostCenter`.
5. If the **Area** should have a **Shift Logbook** enabled, check the Enable Shift Logbook option. If the Enable Shift Logbook option is checked, it's possible to define a Distribution List that will receive summary Shift Logbook reports once they are signed-off.

    !!! note
        If a Distribution List is defined, it must be well formed - it must contain valid email addresses, and if multiple email addresses are provided, they must be separated by a semicolon.  

6. Select **Create** to complete the operation and the new **Area** will be created.

For Area Type **Production Line**:

1. Select a Flow Path for the **Area** to be primarily used when receiving a Material at this Area or when creating a Material at a Storage Location.

    !!! note
        The Step must exist in the same **Area** of the Storage Area.

2. Specify whether the Production Line sets the Flow Path or not when receiving a Material.
3. Optionally, define Incoming and Outgoing Picking Places.
4. Select **Create** to complete the operation and the new **Area** will be created.

For Area Type **Storage Area**:

1. Select whether the **Area** is an External Storage Area.
1. Select a Flow Path for the **Area** to be primarily used when receiving a Material at this Area or when creating a Material at a Storage Location.

    !!! note
        The Step must exist in the same **Area** of the Storage Area.

1. Specify whether the Storage Area sets the Flow Path or not when receiving a Material.
1. Optionally, define Incoming and Outgoing Picking Places.
1. Optionally, define a Picking Strategy from an existing **SortRuleSet**.
1. Optionally, define a Picking Sequence from an existing **SortRuleSet**.
1. Select **Create** to complete the operation and the new **Area** will be created.

![create_area_step_two][create_area_step_two]

[create_area]: images/create_area.png
[create_area_step_two]: images/create_area_step_two.png