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title: Registering Capacity Indicators
slug: helium-en/registering-capacity-indicators
description: Learn how to effectively manage capacity and performance indicators in the Capacity Management application with this comprehensive document. Discover the step-by-step instructions for accessing the functionality, creating or editing indicators, and enteri
createdAt: 2021-10-18T20:25:07.000Z
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This feature provides a variety of actions, such as including, changing, and deleting the capacity/performance indicators that will be linked to Services and Configuration Items (CI).

## Before getting started

- [x] It is necessary to have defined the access permission to the functionalities of the Capacity Management;
- [x] As well as having permission to use the functionality; 
- [x] It is also necessary to have registered the type of capacity indicator.

## Procedure

- Access the functionality through the main menu `Processes > Capacity Management > Capacity/Performance Indicators;`
- The system will present a screen with the types of Capacity Indicators registered and a filter with Name, Value, and Status.
- The user can select the option "**New**" to create a new Capacity Indicator or for each type listed the user can select :
  1. **Edit** – to Change the Capacity Indicator
  2. **Delete** – to Exclude the Capacity Indicator
- Enter the data and actions;

## Fields

| **Field**                    | **Description**                                                   |
| ---------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Name (\*)**                | Name of the capacity indicator                                    |
| **Value (\*)**               | Value to be verified on the CI's by the process                   |
| **Unit of Measurement (\*)** | Choose one of the pre-defined Units (can be searchable with “%%”) |
| **Type (\*)**                | Choose one of the pre-defined Types (can be searchable with “%%”) |
| **Status (\*)**              | Indicates usage availability (Active/Inactive)                    |

(\*) Indicate mandatory field

## Actions

| **Action** | **Description**                                    |
| ---------- | -------------------------------------------------- |
| **Save**   | Create / Change the capacity indicator.            |
| **Clear**  | Return the fields to default.                      |
| **Search** | Return to the previous list of capacity indicators |