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title: "Creating Custom Descriptions"
slug: "creating-custom-descriptions"
updated: 2022-05-11T18:46:35Z
published: 2022-05-11T18:46:35Z
canonical: "documentation.decisions.com/creating-custom-descriptions"
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# Creating Custom Descriptions

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## Overview

| ## Example Lab Details |
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| **Version** | 7.11.0 |
| **Root Folder** | Example Lab - Displaying Custom Descriptions |
| **Modules** | None |
| **Dependencies** | None |

Users can create custom descriptions for default or user-defined data types. By default, each data type has a long and short description, which may help identify the data quickly. When setting a custom description for a data type, that description will apply to all future instances of that data type.

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## Explanation

When creating a Configuration Extension, select the Add Entity Actions And Configuration option and select the entity to use. Right-click on the entity configuration and navigate to Generate Descriptions and select one of the Text Merge options. In the Text Merge Designer, select a field from the Data panel and customize the description using the workspace. After saving, the description can be used when selecting the Custom Description.

Reference Articles[About Data Structures](https://documentation.decisions.com/v8/docs/about-data-structures)  
[Configuration Extension](https://documentation.decisions.com/v8/docs/configuration-extensions)

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## Project Download

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