<h2>Create a record producer</h2><br/><div style="overflow-x:auto"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xml:lang="en" lang="en"><head><meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-8" /><meta name="copyright" content="(C) Copyright 2024" /><meta name="DC.rights.owner" content="(C) Copyright 2024" /><meta name="generator" content="DITA-OT" /><meta name="DC.type" content="task" /><meta name="DC.title" content="Create a record producer" /><meta name="abstract" content="You can create a record producer for tables and database views that are in the same scope as the record producer. Also for tables that allow create access from applications in other scopes." /><meta name="description" content="You can create a record producer for tables and database views that are in the same scope as the record producer. 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Customize portals where your customers can request catalog items such as service and product offerings. You can also standardize request fulfillment to ensure the accuracy and availability of the items in the catalogs.">Service Catalog</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../product/service-catalog-management/concept/exploring-service-catalog.html" title="You can use Service Catalog to customize portals where your customers can request catalog items such as service and product offerings. You can also standardize request fulfillment to ensure the accuracy and availability of the items in the catalogs.">Exploring Service Catalog</a> > <a class="link" href="../../../product/service-catalog-management/reference/r_ExtendedCatalogItemFunctions.html" title="Service Catalog offers a few types of catalog items.">Types of catalog items</a> > </div> <h1 class="title topictitle1" id="ariaid-title1">Create a record producer</h1> <div class="body taskbody"><p class="shortdesc">You can create a record producer for tables and database views that are in the same scope as the record producer. Also for tables that allow create access from applications in other scopes.</p> <div class="section prereq p"> <p class="p">Role required: catalog_admin or admin</p> </div> <div class="section context" id="t_DefRecProdInSCat__context_ndp_1yn_v1b"> <p class="p"><span>An overview of record producers in the Service Catalog: what they are, and how to create them and define variables and templates for them.</span> </p> </div> <ol class="ol steps"><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Navigate to <span class="ph menucascade"><span class="ph uicontrol">All</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Service Catalog</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Catalog Definition</span> > <span class="ph uicontrol">Record Producers</span></span>.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">New</span> or select the record producer to edit.</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Complete the Record Producer form.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <p class="p">For more information about the fields and their descriptions on the Record Producer form, see <a class="xref" href="../reference/record-producer-form.html" title="Description of the fields on the Record Producer form.">Record Producer form</a>.</p> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">To add attachments such as information and instruction documentation to the catalog item, see <a class="xref" href="../use/using-forms/task/t_AddingAnAttachment.dita/t_AddingAnAttachment.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Add an attachment</a> .</span> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Click <span class="ph uicontrol">Submit</span>.</span> <div class="itemgroup info"> <p class="p">After you submit the form, the <span class="ph uicontrol">Variables</span>, <span class="ph uicontrol">Variable Sets</span>, <span class="ph uicontrol">Categories</span>, and <span class="ph uicontrol">Catalogs</span> related lists become available.</p> </div> </li><li class="li step stepexpand"> <span class="ph cmd">Open the record again to define variables for the record producer.</span> </li></ol> </div> <div class="related-links"> <div class="familylinks"> <div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent Topic:</strong> <a class="link" href="../../../product/service-catalog-management/concept/c_RecordProducer.html" title="A record producer is a specific type of catalog item that allows end users to create task-based records, such as incident records, from the service catalog.">Record Producer</a></div> </div> <div class="linklist relinfo relconcepts"><strong>Related concepts</strong><br /> <ul class="linklist"><li class="linklist"><a class="link" href="../../../product/service-catalog-management/concept/c_PopulatingRecordData.html" title="You can enter data for all records created by the record producer, and redirect an end user to a particular page after the record producer is submitted.">Populate record producer data and redirect users</a></li></ul></div> <div class="linklist relinfo reltasks"><strong>Related tasks</strong><br /> <ul class="linklist"><li class="linklist"><a class="link" href="../../../product/service-catalog-management/task/t_CreatingRecordProducersFromTables.html" title="You can create Service Catalog record producers directly from a table record.">Create record producers from tables</a></li></ul></div> </div></body></html></div>