# Creating a Record | Top Previous Next

Signed-on users with the relevant rights can create a new record by clicking on the Create Record link. Note: The Administrator has to give you the required permission to create and edit records on a specific project for specific fields. If you are unable to edit or create records in a specific project, contact your Administrator. Before attempting to create a record, be sure that the source language is set to the Default Index field (English). If your source language is not set to the Default Index field, you will not be able to view the record once it has been created. Creating a new, empty record 1.Click on Create Record. 2.Select the Termbase from the drop-down list. 3.Assign projects by selecting them from the available project lists. 4.Complete fields, ensuring that all the mandatory fields have been populated. Note: Mandatory fields are indicated in bold. You will not be able to save the new record until all of the mandatory fields have been populated. Note: Use the Insert menu to insert diacritic or special characters into the fields. Refer to the Insert section of this manual for more information. 5.Save the new record by clicking on Save. Note: To cancel the creation of a new record, click on Cancel. 6.The saved record is displayed in the Termbrowser. Duplicate Entries To prohibit the unnecessary addition of existing records, the systems checks whether a term already exists after you enter it into its field. When an entered term is a duplicate of a term already contained within the Termbase, the following warning will be displayed. Press Yes to cancel the record creation/editing and navigate to the existing term. Press Cancel to continue creating/editing the record.