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alias: user-guide-create-sort-rule-set
description: "This documentation outlines the process for creating and configuring sort rule sets"
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# Create Sort Rule Set

:lock: SortRuleSet.**Create**

:lock: SortRuleSet.**CreateTemplate**

:lock: SortRuleSet.**CreateFromTemplate**

## Overview

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

## Sequence of Steps

### Step 1: General Data

1. Provide a name for the **Sort Rule Set**.
2. Optionally, provide a description of the **Sort Rule Set**.
3. Select the **Sort Rule Set** type. The list of possible values is taken from the lookup table *SortRuleSetType*.
4. Select scope:

      * **Material** - for *Get Resource List For Material*.
      * **Resource** - for *Get Material List For Resource* and *Get Material List for Step*.

!!! info
	The **Material** sort rules always have an implicit sort rule that gives more priority to Hot Materials.

![create_sort_rule_set_step_one][create_sort_rule_set_step_one]

### Step 2: Sort Rules

1. Add as many **Sort Rules** as needed, specifying:

      * Sort Rule
      * Sorting Direction - Ascending or Descending

!!! info
	Use the Up and Down buttons to change the order of the Sort Rules. The Sort Rules are applied in the defined sequence.

![create_sort_rule_set_step_two][create_sort_rule_set_step_two]

[create_sort_rule_set_step_one]: images/create_sort_rule_set_step_one.png
[create_sort_rule_set_step_two]: images/create_sort_rule_set_step_two.png