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1. With PDC open, select Portfolio Desk.
2. Click Create New in the upper left corner of the page.
   The Create New dialog box opens.
   To have an entity provide you with a predefined set of information, which specifies its unique characteristics, relationships, financial data, and vendor data, you select a policy, or template. From the Select Policy drop-down list, select the policy based on the type of entity you want to create, and then click OK.
   The Details tab  tab opens, displaying the policy type that you specified in the the Entity Type Description drop drop-down list.

To add details:

1. If the effective date of the entity is for a date in the past or future, use the date selector to select the appropriate date. The Effective Date at the top of the panel defaults to the current date.
2. Type an Entity Entity ID. It is a unique alphanumeric identifier of the entity, no more than eight characters.
3. Type an Entity Entity Long Name. It is the full name of the entity.
4. You can add optional details about the entity in the remaining spaces on the panel. However, to create an entity, the only information you must provide is an Entity Entity ID.

After you create an entity, you can select a benchmark ID. You can assign any number of benchmarks to an entity. You also can use the same benchmark for different reporting purposes.

Custom Benchmark Custom Index Types
Currency Conversion
Blended Weighted Index
Floating Weight
Floating Aggregate
Hedge Index
Linked
Constrained Index
Exclusion

To select a benchmark:

1. From the drop-down list for the appropriate benchmark in the ID column of the grid, select a benchmark ID.
2. Click Next.
   The Peer Group Association tab opens. After you select a benchmark ID, establish one or more Peer Group Associations, which enable you to link funds to the selected peer groups. You select a primary association, and you can have alternative associations based upon alternative grouping criteria.
   
   

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1. In the Add/Update Disclosures section, from the As of Date drop-down list, select As of Date or Inception Date. The list defaults to As of Date. For this exercise, we will use the default value.
2. The displayed date is the Effective Date for the entity and defaults to the current date or the date you specified on the Details tab.
   If the Effective Date, the As of Date, or the Inception Date of the disclosure is for a date in the past or future, use the date selector to select the appropriate date.
3. From the Disclosures drop-down list, select a Disclosure.
   After selecting it, you see it on the AssignedDisclosures grid. You can assign a disclosure to one or more entities, including a LIST type entity, which aggregates a number of underlying entities.
   Repeat this process for each disclosure you want to assign.
4. Click Save.
   You have created the entity.

To assign a permission:

To assign a aggregate:

To assign a currency conversioncustom index type:

To assign a list:

To assign a share class:

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