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alias: user-guide-unterminate-reason
description: "This documentation details the process of reverting a reason to its initial state"
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# Unterminate Reason

:lock: Reason.**Unterminate**

## Overview

This operation is used to Unterminate a **Reason**.  

## Setup

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

## Preconditions

* The **Reason** exists in the system and is in the Terminated state.

## Sequence of Steps

The Unterminate Reason wizard can be called from the **Reason** page within the Business Data Group.

### Step 1: General Data

1. Select **Unterminate** to perform the operation. All generic/smart table rows that reference this object will not be recovered.

For more information, see [Terminate and Unterminate](../../general/terminate_and_unterminate.md).

![unterminate_reason][unterminate_reason]

[unterminate_reason]: images/unterminate_reason.png