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title: Test step config category form
description: On the Test Step Config Category form, you specify a retention policy for a set of records on a given test results table.
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# Test step config category form

On the Test Step Config Category form, you specify a retention policy for a set of records on a given test results table.

|Field / Element|Description|
|---------------|-----------|
|Name|The name for this step config category.|
|Step Environment|The [step environment](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/automated-test-framework-atf/step-environments-module.md) for this step config category.|
|Display name|The category name that appears in the middle column of the Add Test Step dialog when this category is selected. See an example in [Step Config Category Display name.](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/automated-test-framework-atf/atf-create-custom-category.md)|
|Application scope|The application scope to which this policy applies.|

**Parent Topic:**[Step configuration categories](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/application-development/automated-test-framework-atf/step-configuration-categories-module.md)