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title: "Configure the Creation component for templates"
slug: "configure-the-creation-component-for-templates"
abstract: "Configure the Creation component for any entity type to carry the properties of a source entity over to a template."
---
# Configure the Creation component for templates

After [enabling the **Creation from templates** functionality](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/enable-the-creation-from-templates-option.html "Enable the Creation from templates option") for the entity type you want, you must configure the **Creation** component and add a template copy profile to it. This is to carry the properties of the source entity over to the template.

<details>
<summary>Example</summary>

In the following example of a **Products** page, the **Creation** component has been configured to allow the use of entity templates. As a result, it's possible to create a product from a template.

![A product page example, indicating the menu option for creating a product from a template](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/ch/en/users/content-hub/images/entities-from-templates-products.png)

</details>

To configure the **Creation** component for templates:

1. On the menu bar, click **Manage**:mdiCogOutline:.
2. On the **Manage** page, click **Pages**.
3. On the **Pages** page, find the entity type you want, and then click the page that contains the related **Creation** component.
4. On the **Creation** component, enable custom settings by clicking **Enable custom settings** :mdiAccountOutline:, and then click the component name.
5. On the **Creation** component page, in the left-hand pane, turn on the **New entities from template** switch.
6. Click **Add definition** and then click the definition you want. Only definitions that have been [enabled for templating](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/enable-the-creation-from-templates-option.html "Enable the Creation from templates option") can be selected here.
7. Next to **Copy profile**, click :mdiPlus:**Add**.
8. In the **Copy profile** dialog, select **New entities from template**, and then click **Select**. You can only select copy profiles from the selected entity definition.

    > [!tip]
    > If needed, you can [edit the properties of the copy profile](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/edit-a-copy-profile.html "Edit a copy profile").

9. Next to **Templates search component**, click :mdiPlus:**Add**.
10. In the **Portal page component** dialog, select the **Search** component applicable to the entity definition you enabled for templating (for example **Product templates**), and then click **Select**.

    > [!note]
    > This [customizable **Search** component](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/customize-template-search.html "Customize template search") is available on the search page that is dynamically created under **Pages > Creation templates** when you [enable the **Creation from templates** option](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/enable-the-creation-from-templates-option.html "Enable the Creation from templates option") for a specific entity definition.

11. Next to **Fields**, click **Add field** and then click the desired properties.

    > [!important]
    > Make sure to add all the [fields that are required in the related definition](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/create-a-member.html "Create a member") so that new entities can be created. For example, **Name** is often a required field.

12. Click **Save**.