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title: Cross-project library elements
description: Library elements are single artifacts or trees of artifacts that you can reuse in multiple projects.
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release: australia
product: Performance Analytics
classification: performance-analytics
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-03-12"
reading_time_minutes: 1
breadcrumb: [Design your indicator solution, Configure fundamentals, Performance Analytics \(Indicator data sources\), Platform Analytics]
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# Cross-project library elements

Library elements are single artifacts or trees of artifacts that you can reuse in multiple projects.

Each library element has a single root artifact. All child artifacts of that artifact are included in the library element. The following image shows a library element based on the Improve Customer Service Quality critical success factor. The two measurement artifacts that are its children are included automatically in the library element.

\[Omitted image "kpi-comp-library-element.png"\] Alt text: KPI Composer project with a library element consisting of a root artifact and its two child artifacts.

You can drag a library element into a KPI Tree from the **Library Elements** menu on the Analysis tab of any project.

\[Omitted image "kpi-comp-library-elements.png"\] Alt text: Library Elements list.

-   **[Create a library element](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/create-library-element.md)**  
Convert an artifact and its children in a KPI tree into a KPI Composer cross-project library element.
-   **[Use a library element](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/use-library-element.md)**  
Add a library element to a KPI tree in any KPI Composer project.
-   **[Edit or delete a library element](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/edit-library-element.md)**  
You can add artifacts to a library element, or convert a library element back to project-based artifacts. You can also edit the data definitions of artifacts in a library element.

**Parent Topic:**[Design your Performance Analytics solution with KPI Composer](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/now-intelligence/performance-analytics/designing-pa-solution.md)