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alias: user-guide-make-container-available
description: "This process enables a container to be used for storing materials or other containers"
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# Make Container Available

:lock: Container.**MakeAvailable**

## Overview

This operation is used to make the **Container** available again for holding **Materials** or **Containers**.

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* **Container** is *Active*.
* **Container** must have been previously made unavailable.

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1

1. Review the **Container** information.
2. Optionally, enter a comment.
3. Press the **Make Available** button to perform the transaction.

![make_available][make_available]

[make_available]: images/make_available.png