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title: How to create Custom Entities
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# How to create Custom Entities

## Custom Entities allow editors to create and manage entities across multiple domains including Technology, Business, Entertainment, Politics, and Social Media. This guide explains how to create and manage Custom Entities in the CMS.

Please note that access to the Custom Entities menu for creating, editing, or deleting items is controlled by a **feature that is enabled upon client request**. When this feature is active, all project users can access this menu.

#### Accessing Custom Entities Management

1. Navigate to the left sidebar menu
2. Under "ENTITIES", click "Custom Entities"

![Screenshot 2025-01-16 at 9.26.55](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/knowledge-base/widget-screenshots/misc-crud/custom-entities-listing/shot.png?width=688&height=334&name=shot.png)

### Creating a New Entity

### Step 1: Access Creation Form

1. Click the blue "Create new entity" button on the Custom Entities dashboard
2. You'll see the entity creation form

![Screenshot 2025-01-16 at 9.28.56](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/knowledge-base/widget-screenshots/misc-crud/create-entity/shot.png?width=688&height=207&name=shot.png)

### Step 2: Basic Configuration

![](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-29-48-3075-AM.png?width=688&height=354&name=image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-29-48-3075-AM.png)

1. Select a Domain: 
     - Sport
     - Entertainment
     - Politics
     - Business
     - Technology

1. Choose an Entity Type: 
     - Person
     - Organization
     - Place
     - Role

### Step 3: Add additional roles if required

![](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-31-01-3776-AM.png?width=688&height=196&name=image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-31-01-3776-AM.png)

### Step 4: Entity Details

Required information varies by entity type. Here's what you need for each:  
![](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-31-29-9761-AM.png?width=688&height=421&name=image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-31-29-9761-AM.png)

#### Person Entity Fields

**Required Fields:**

- Translation language (default: Bulgarian)
- Name
- Short name
- Three letter code
- Slug

**Optional Fields:**

- Birth date
- Gender
- Birthplace
- Nationality
- Height (centimeters)
- Weight (kilograms)
- Website
- Email

![](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-33-40-5588-AM.png?width=688&height=257&name=image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-33-40-5588-AM.png)

#### Organization Entity Fields

**Required Fields:**

- Slug
- Country

**Optional Fields:**

- Parent Organization
- Parent Place
- Wiki Page link
- Founding date
- Website
- Email

![](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-36-23-1127-AM.png?width=688&height=154&name=image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-36-23-1127-AM.png)

#### Place Entity Fields

**Required Fields:**

- Slug

**Optional Fields:**

- Parent Place
- Wiki Pages
- Country
- Geolocation (latitude/longitude)
- Website
- Phone Number

![](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-36-05-5845-AM.png?width=688&height=155&name=image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-36-05-5845-AM.png)

#### Role Entity Fields

**Required Fields:**

- Slug
- Role Type

### Step 5: Media Assets

For each entity, upload two types of images:  
![](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-37-26-8593-AM.png?width=688&height=203&name=image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-37-26-8593-AM.png)

1. **Display Asset:** Main visual representation
2. **Icon:** Smaller visual identifier

Supported formats:

- .gif
- .jpeg
- .png
- .webp
- .svg

Maximum file size: 15 MB

### Step 6: Social Media Information

![](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-37-42-1579-AM.png?width=688&height=298&name=image-png-Jan-16-2025-07-37-42-1579-AM.png)

Add social media links for any of the following platforms:

- Facebook
- YouTube
- Instagram
- WhatsApp
- TikTok
- X (formerly Twitter)
- LinkedIn
- Snapchat
- Telegram

Note: Social media links are not available for Role entity types.

### Managing Existing Entities

### Finding Entities

![Screenshot 2025-01-16 at 9.38.14](https://knowledge-base.sportal365.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Screenshot%202025-01-16%20at%209.38.14.png?width=688&height=241&name=Screenshot%202025-01-16%20at%209.38.14.png)

Use the filtering options on the dashboard:

1. Search bar: Search by entity name
2. Filter by Domain: Filter entities by domain
3. Filter by entity type: Filter by organization, place, person, or role

### Editing and Deleting

Each entity in the list has two action buttons:

- Edit (pencil icon): Opens the entity in edit mode
- Delete (trash icon): Removes the entity after confirmation

### Best Practices

1. **Naming Conventions:** 
     - Use consistent naming formats
     - Keep names clear and descriptive
     - Use standard abbreviations for three-letter codes
2. **Media Assets:** 
     - Use high-quality images
     - Maintain consistent aspect ratios
     - Ensure icons are clearly visible at small sizes
3. **Information Quality:** 
     - Provide as much detailed information as possible
     - Keep information up to date
     - Double-check all entered data for accuracy
4. **Organization:** 
     - Use appropriate domains and entity types
     - Maintain clear parent-child relationships
     - Keep related entities consistent

 

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