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alias: user-guide-create-qualification
description: "Create a new qualification object with configurable details and options for assignment"
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# Create Qualification

:lock: Qualification.**Create**

:lock: Qualification.**CreateTemplate**

:lock: Qualification.**CreateFromTemplate**

## Overview

This operation is used to create a **Qualification**. 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 **Qualification** does not currently exist in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: General Data

1. Provide a name for the **Qualification**.
2. Optionally, provide a description of the **Qualification**.
3. Select the **Qualification** type. The list of possible values are taken from the lookup table *QualificationType*.
4. Select the Owner Role associated to the **Qualification**. The list of Roles is retrieved from the Roles currently configured in the system.
5. Optionally, select the default **Qualification** reason (values are taken from the lookup table *QualificationReason*).
6. Optionally, enter an documentation URL with information about the **Qualification**.
7. Define if the **Qualification** can be set to *Allow Self-Assignment* by setting the appropriate flag, enabling the **Employee** to self-grant this **Qualification** to/from himself/herself. Following the same logic, the **Qualification** can be set to *Allow Assignment By Manager* by setting the appropriate flag, allowing the Manager of the **Employee** to grant this **Qualification** to/from his subordinates.
8. Optionally, select a validity for the **Qualification** as well as the validity period scale. In addition, it is possible to specify whether the validity can be overriden by setting the *Allow Override* flag.
9. Optionally, select a Grace Period for the **Qualification** by defining a duration and a scale - only possible if a validity has been set.
10. Select **Create** to complete the operation and the new **Qualification** will be created.

!!! warning
	If a Validity Period is defined, it must be greater than the **Qualification** Date.

![create_qualification][create_qualification]

[create_qualification]: images/create_qualification.png