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title: Entity type record form
description: Use the Entity type new record form to create an entity type depending on your business requirement.
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# Entity type record form

Use the Entity type new record form to create an entity type depending on your business requirement.

## Entity type record form

For a description of the field values, see the following table.

<table id="table_FloorForm"><thead><tr><th>

Field

</th><th>

Description

</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>

Name

</td><td>

Name of the entity type such as Business Processes, Services, or Facilities.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Compliance Score Percentage

</td><td>

Compliance score percentage for the entity type as defined in the Policy and Compliance Management application. Auto-populated field.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Active

</td><td>

Option to mark the entity type as active.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Description

</td><td>

Description for the entity type.

</td></tr><tr><td>

Pillar

</td><td>

Category that is used to organize your risk data and that an entity type is assigned to. The available options are as follows:-   **Services**
-   **Process**
-   **Suppliers**
-   **Technology**
-   **Facilities**
-   **People**

</td></tr><tr><td class="sub-head" colspan="2">

Settings

</td></tr><tr><td>

Functional domain

</td><td>

Functional domain for the entity, for example, IT and risk compliance.

</td></tr></tbody>
</table>