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# Create the Action Manually

If you didn’t select the `Create Actions Automatically` field when you created the canvas app, then you’ll need to create the action manually.

1.  From Setup, enter `Actions` in the `Quick Find` box, then select **Global Actions**

2.  Click **New Action**.

3.  In the `Action Type` field, select Custom Canvas.

4.  In the `Canvas App` field, select the canvas app that you want to appear as an action.

    Only canvas apps that have a location of Publisher will appear in this field.

5.  In the `Height` field, enter the height of the canvas app in pixels.

    This is the initial height of the canvas app when it appears in the publisher. You can use the Canvas SDK `resize()` method to change the height up to a maximum of 500 pixels.

6.  In the `Label` field, enter a value.

    This value appears as the quick action title in the user interface.

7.  In the `Name` field, enter a unique value with no spaces.

8.  Optionally, in the `Icon` field, you can upload an icon by clicking **Change Icon**. You must upload the icon as a static resource before you can change it here.

9.  Click **Save**.


For the canvas app to appear as a quick action, you must add the action to the global layout. See “Customizing Global Publisher Layouts” in the Salesforce Help.

**See Also**  


-   [Set Canvas App Location and Create the Action](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/canvas-apps-publisher-set-location.md)
-   [Publisher Context Considerations](https://developer.salesforce.com/docs/platform/canvas-framework/guide/canvas-apps-publisher-context-considerations.md)