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alias: user-guide-edit-protocol
description: "This documentation outlines the process for modifying existing protocol configurations within a system"
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# Edit Protocol

:lock: Protocol.**Edit**

## Overview

This operation is used to Edit a **Protocol**.  

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The **Protocol** exists in the system.

## Sequence of Steps

The Edit Protocol wizard can be called from the **Protocol** page within the Business Data Group.

### Step 1: General Data

All non-system properties can be changed in this wizard.

The *Name* of the **Protocol** cannot be altered.

![edit_protocol][edit_protocol]

[edit_protocol]: images/edit_protocol.png