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title: Configure metric categories or metrics for an assessment using the question bank
description: Reuse question categories \(metric categories\) and questions \(metrics\) from the Question Bank module while creating or updating an assessment.
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# Configure metric categories or metrics for an assessment using the question bank

Reuse question categories \(metric categories\) and questions \(metrics\) from the **Question Bank** module while creating or updating an assessment.

## Before you begin

Role required: admin or assessment\_admin

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Assessments** > **Metric Definitions** > **Types**.

2.  Open an assessment definition.

3.  To add metric categories to an assessment from the question bank in Platform, perform the following steps.

    1.  In the Metric Categories related list, click **New Category from Bank**.

        The New Category from Bank dialog box is displayed with a list of all metric categories added in the question bank.

    2.  Select the required categories and click **Add Selected**.

        A copy of the metric category and the corresponding metrics is created in the Metric Categories related list.

4.  To add metrics to an assessment from the question bank in Platform, perform the following steps.

    1.  In the Metric Categories related list, open a metric category definition.

    2.  In the Assessment Metrics related list, click **New Metric from Bank**.

        The New Metric from Bank dialog box is displayed with a list of questions available in the question bank.

    3.  Select the required metrics and click **Add Selected**.

        A copy of the metric and the corresponding metric definitions is created in the Assessment Metrics related list of the category.

5.  To add a metric category to the question bank from an assessment in Platform, perform the following steps.

    1.  In the Metric Categories related list, open a metric category definition.

    2.  Click **Add to Question Bank**.

        A copy of the category is created along with its metrics and metric definitions in the question bank.

6.  To add a metric to the question bank from an assessment in Platform, perform the following steps.

    1.  In the Metric Categories related list, open a metric category definition.

    2.  In the Assessment Metrics related list, open the required metric definition.

    3.  Click **Add to Question Bank**.

        The Add to Question Bank dialog box is displayed.

    4.  In the **Choose a question bank to add this question/metric** field, select a metric category that you want to add this metric to, and click **OK**.

        A copy of the metric and the corresponding metric definitions is created for the selected category in the question bank.


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