# Step 1: Create the Activities entity

The first step is to create the entity for storing records.

* To go to the Entity database, click “Entity database” under the “Database” menu on the left side panel.
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* To create a new entity, click the \[+ Entity] button on the displayed page.

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* The New Entity settings page is displayed. To label the entity, enter the Entity name as “UserName\_Acc\_Activities”.

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* Optionally add a description.

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* The Field tab is preselected with one field created by default.

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* To hold the primary key for this entity, define the field for Activity ID as follows. (This field will be auto-generated and will be displayed in the Entity):
  1. Enter the field name as “Activity\_ID”.
  2. Select Data Type as “GUID”.
  3. Select “Primary”.
  4. Select “Auto Generate”.
  5. Select “Display”.

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* To create a new field, click the \[+ Field] button.

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* Add eight more fields, ensuring a total of nine (9) fields.
* To hold the information for the Activity Type, define a field as follows:
  1. Enter the field name as “Activity\_Type”. This field indicates the type of activity for the customer.
  2. Select Data Type as “string”.
  3. Select “Display”.

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* To describe the activity for the customer, create a field as follows:
  1. Enter the field name as “Activity\_Description”. This field describes the type of activity for the customer.
  2. Select Data Type as “string”.
  3. Select “Display”.
  4. Select the “Default Field”.

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* To store the detail of timing for the activity, define the field as follows:
  1. Enter the field name as “Activity\_DateTime”. This field indicates the exact date and time of activity for the customer.
  2. Select Data Type as “DateTime”.
  3. Select “Display”.

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* To store the customer ID detail, define the field as follows:
  1. Enter the field name as “Customer\_ID”. This is the customer identification field Customer ID and will be the field for establishing a 1-to-many relation between entities “UserName\_Acc\_customers” and “UserName\_Acc\_Activities”.
  2. Select Data Type as “GUID”.
  3. The default value will be displayed.
  4. Select “Display”.

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* To store the value of the activity priority level, define the field as follows:
  1. Enter the field name as “Activity\_Priority”.
  2. Select Data Type as “integer”.
  3. The default value is set to “0”.
  4. Select “Display”.

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* To create a field for Assigned To, which contains the details of the resource/team the customer activity is assigned to, define a field as follows:
  1. Enter the field name as “Activity\_AssignedTo”.
  2. Select Data Type as “string”.
  3. Enter default value as “Helpdesk Team”.
  4. Select “Display”.

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* To store the details of the resource/team recording or documenting the customer activity, define the field as follows:
  1. Enter the field name as “Activity\_CreatedBy”.
  2. Select Data Type as “string”.
  3. Enter default value as “Sales Team”.
  4. Select “Display”.

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* To store the details related to activity status of the customer, define the field as follows:
  1. Enter the field name as “Activity\_Status”.
  2. Select Data Type as “string”.
  3. Select “Display”.

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* To save the fields, click the \[Save] button.

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* To finish creating the Entity, click the \[Close] button.

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