# Creating a new echelon Echelons refers to a group of machines working together in a coordinated manner to accomplish a specific task. Create a new echelon by clicking **Create New** on right hand side of the page.

When creating a new echelon, there are two separate tabs to be filled; General and Machines. ## General Basic settings tab contains total of two (2) fields of information, from which one (1) is mandatory. * Name\* * Name of the echelon * Site * Lists all the sites within the tenant

## Machines Machines tab becomes editable after clicking **Add New.** After that, you will have to pick the machine that you want to add to the echelon from the ribbon and assign a date. Click **Save**. You can repeat this action as many times as needed to add machines to the echelon.

When all the information is filled and the echelon is ready, save the echelon and its settings by clicking **Submit.**