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# Create Explainability Action Definitions

Define where the metadata of your business rules is stored.

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            <td data-label="User Permissions Needed" class="slds-cell-wrap" style="vertical-align:top;" headers="d11009e72 ">To create explainability action definitions:</td>

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1. From Setup, in the Quick Find box, enter Decision Explainer, and then select **Explainability Action Definition**.
2. Click **New Explainability Action Definition**.
3. Enter a label for the new definition and press tab.
    
    The developer name autopopulates. If the developer name exceeds 10 characters because your label is too long, you can either shorten the label or modify the autogenerated developer name. Try to keep the label and the developer name similar.
4. For Business Process Type, click ![Search icon.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-ind-business_rules_engine-264-0-0-production-enus/b2d6dd5c-c231-428b-abbf-3dd2cd51a11f/business_rules_engine/images/search_decision_explainer_icon.png), and select the business process type for the new explainability action definition.
5. Select an application type for which you want to generate an explainability log.
6. For Action Log Schema Type, select the type of action log schema you want to use for the application. For example, select Expression Set. The default value is Other.
7. Optionally, enter a description.
8. For Application Subtype, click ![Search icon.](https://sf-zdocs-cdn-prod.zoominsoftware.com/tdta-ind-business_rules_engine-264-0-0-production-enus/b2d6dd5c-c231-428b-abbf-3dd2cd51a11f/business_rules_engine/images/search_decision_explainer_icon.png), and select an application subtype.
9. Save your changes.