---
title: "Enable the Creation from templates option"
slug: "enable-the-creation-from-templates-option"
abstract: "Enable the Creation from templates option for any entity definition, letting users create new entities based on existing ones of that definition type."
---
# Enable the Creation from templates option

Before you can use templates with a particular entity type, you must enable the **Creation from templates** functionality for that type.

To enable **Creation from templates**:

1. On the menu bar, click **Manage**:mdiCogOutline:.
2. On the **Manage** page, click **Schema**.
3. On the **Schema** page, click the entity type for which you want to enable templates (for example, **M.PCM.Product**).
4. On the entity page, click **Actions**:mdiDotsHorizontal: > **Enable/Disable**.
5. In the **Enable/Disable** dialog, turn on the **Creation from templates** switch.

    ![Toggle options including the Creation from templates feature](https://doc.sitecore.com/api/markdown-image/ch/en/users/content-hub/images/M_PCM_Product-definition-enable-creation-from-template.png)

6. Click **Done**.

> [!note]
> When you enable template creation for an entity definition, a search page is dynamically created under **Manage > Pages > Creation templates**. This page is named after the related definition (for example, **Product creation templates**) and contains a [customizable **Search** component](https://doc.sitecore.com/ch/en/users/content-hub/customize-template-search.html "Customize template search").