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Creating a process portfolio
Creating a process portfolio consists of defining the processes and the comparison criteria relating to the portfolio.
Creating a process portfolio
To create a Process portfolio, you need to perform the following steps:
1. Select Projects from the navigation bar.
2. Select Process Portfolios.
3. Click New.
A creation dialog box opens.
4. Enter the Process Portfolio name and click OK.
The new portfolio appears in the list.
Creating a Process Sub- Portfolio
To study in detail different hypotheses, you can divide a portfolio into sub-portfolios, each of them with different scenarios.
To create a sub-portfolio:
1. Open the Characteristics property page of the appropriate portfolio.
2. Display the Sub-Portfolio section with the Manage sections button.
3. In the Sub-Portfolio section, click New.
A sub-portfolio appears.
4. Modify the name of the sub-portfolio.
*If a scenario is connected to a main portfolio, it is not inherited by the sub-portfolio..
 
Defining Process Portfolio properties
To access process portfolio properties:
1. From the list of process portfolios, click the Properties icon of the appropriate process portfolio.
The Overview property page appears.
2. Use the tabs to access the different property pages.
*You can display (or hide) tabs using the button.
Characteristics property page 
This page enables to define the main characteristics of a process portfolio, through different sections.
*You can display (or hide) sections using the Manage sections button.
In the Identification section, you can fill the following fields:
Process Portfolio Manager
Portfolio Type
Study Start and End dates
Description
The Owned Scenario section, see Creating a Scenario
The Sub-Portfolio section, see Creating a Process Sub- Portfolio
The Criteria section of the process portfolio, see Defining Criteria
Processes property page  
This page presents a list of portfolio processes and enables to assess them.
*For further details, see Defining Portfolio processes.
Reporting property page  
In this page, you can access saved reports related to process portfolios, and create new ones.