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alias: user-guide-create-setup-matrix
description: "This documentation guides users through creating and configuring a setup matrix object"
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# Create Setup Matrix

:lock: SetupMatrix.**Create**

:lock: SetupMatrix.**CreateTemplate**

:lock: SetupMatrix.**CreateFromTemplate**

## Overview

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

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: General Data

1. Provide a name for the **Setup Matrix**.
2. Optionally, provide a description of the **Setup Matrix**.
3. Select the Setup Matrix time scale (Seconds, Minutes, Hours, Days).
4. Check the option Use Zero In Diagonal to use zero when transitioning from a Service to itself.
5. Select **Next** to continue to the Services configuration of the **Setup Matrix**.

![create_setup_matrix_step_one][create_setup_matrix_step_one]

### Step 2: Services

To add Services manually, select them from the panel on the left-hand side and they will be added to the list of the Selected Services on the right-hand side. You can filter the list to make it easier to add the Services.

Select **Next** to continue the configuration of the **Setup Matrix**.

![create_setup_matrix_step_two][create_setup_matrix_step_two]

### Step 3: Setup Matrix

Each Service selected in the previous panel is added to the list on the left hand side of the panel (From Services) and each of them have a relation to the services listed in the center part of the dialog (To Services). Select the From and the To services and enter the desired value in the specified time scale.

![create_setup_matrix_step_three][create_setup_matrix_step_three]

You can preview the matrix by selecting Preview in the top right-hand corner of the dialog.

![create_setup_matrix_step_four][create_setup_matrix_step_four]

!!! info
	In case the option Use Zero In Diagonal has been selected for the matrix, the diagonal is pre-filled with zeroes and its value cannot be changed so it won't be listed in the dialog.

Select **Create** to complete the operation and the new **Setup Matrix** will be created.

[create_setup_matrix_step_one]: images/create_setup_matrix_step_one.png
[create_setup_matrix_step_two]: images/create_setup_matrix_step_two.png
[create_setup_matrix_step_three]: images/create_setup_matrix_step_three.png
[create_setup_matrix_step_four]: images/create_setup_matrix_step_four.png