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title: Create a category for assessable records
description: After you create a metric type and generate assessable records, create categories for the themes you are interested in using to evaluate the assessable records.
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# Create a category for assessable records

After you create a metric type and generate assessable records, create categories for the themes you are interested in using to evaluate the assessable records.

## Before you begin

Role required: none

## Procedure

1.  Navigate to **All** > **Assessments** > **Metric Definition** > **Categories**.

2.  Click **New** to create a new metric category.

3.  On the Metric Category form, fill in the fields.

    For a description of the field values, see [Metric Category form](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/metric-category-form.md).


**Parent Topic:**[Assessment metric categories](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/c_AssessmentMetricCategories.md)

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[Assessment metrics](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/c_AssessmentMetrics.md)

[Assessment metric categories](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/c_AssessmentMetricCategories.md)

[Assessable record associations](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/r_ManageAssessablRecordAssociation.md)