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title: "How to create characteristic types?"
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# How to create characteristic types?

- [x] PT
- [x] ES

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Characteristic types allow you to configure characteristics and define which elements they apply to.

To create a characteristic type, follow these steps:

1. Go to **Settings | General | Characteristic Types**;
2. In the list of characteristic types, click on **Create**;
3. On the creation screen, fill in the characteristic type details:
  - **Characteristic Type**;
  - **Description**;
  - **Applicable to**: select one or more options from **Location**, **Equipment**, **Tool**, **Meter** and **Monitoring**;
  - **Remarks**.

> [!WARNING]
> When creating characteristic types, it is important to bear in mind that, for each type, there must be one, and only one, default characteristic type.