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title: Baseline Action
slug: neurons-for-itsm/admin-user-help/enu/latest/baseline-action
createdAt: 2026-07-14T19:16:49.844Z
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- [About the Baseline Action](docId:7fwuyACW2uCJCn6JvSvza)
- [Parameters](docId:7fwuyACW2uCJCn6JvSvza)
- [Actions](docId:7fwuyACW2uCJCn6JvSvza)
- **Graphic Action Designer**: [Baseline Quick Action](docId\:sZz185M06fSDP01xEdo9j)

## About the Baseline Action

The **Baseline** action sets a standard baseline parameter value for configuration items that are associated with a change. For example, you can set the RAM for the production server to 4 GB.

*Baseline Action*

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### Parameters

| Parameter                | Description                                                                |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Enter action name        | A unique name for the action.                                              |
| Enter action description | Optional. A description of what the action does.                           |
| Enter category           | Optional. The category. Select from the drop-down list.                    |
| Baseline Parameter       | The source value.                                                          |
| Baseline Name            | A unique name for this baseline.                                           |
| Baseline Description     | A brief description for this baseline.                                     |
| PrimaryKey field         | The primary key field of the current business object.                      |
| Source object status     | The status of the source business object for which to run the baseline.    |
| Source object number     | The ID number of the source business object for which to run the baseline. |

### Actions

| Button | Action                 |
| ------ | ---------------------- |
| Save   | Commits your settings. |
| Cancel | Exits without saving.  |

:::hint{type="info"}
This action does not respect the **Auto-save** checkbox option in the **Action Settings** tab. It does save changes directly to the database, but please ensure that the behaviour you expect still occurs.
:::