# How to Create a Broadcast Topic?

When you need to organize broadcasts by categories, creating topics helps quickly find needed campaigns and structure work with communications. This instruction will help add a new topic in a few clicks.

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## When Needed

- Creating a new category for marketing campaigns.
- Organizing broadcasts by theme (for example, "Support", "Marketing", "Updates").
- Preparing structure for future broadcasts.

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## What's Important to Know

- **Broadcast topic** — category that helps group templates and broadcasts by theme.
- **Unique alias** — technical identifier of the topic used in the system.
- **Broadcast Topic Name** — displayed in the interface and used for search.

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## Prerequisites

- [x] You are logged in with integrator or administrator rights.
- [x] You have navigated to the **Broadcast** module via `Menu -> Broadcast`.

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## Step-by-Step Instructions

1. In the `Broadcast` module, go to the **"Broadcast Topics"** section — a table with existing topics opens.
2. Click the **"Add Topic"** button — the "Broadcast Topic Parameters" modal window appears.
3. In the **"Unique Alias"** field, enter the technical identifier (for example, `marketing_promo`).
4. In the **"Broadcast Topic Name"** field, enter the name that will be displayed in the interface (for example, "Marketing Promotion").
5. Make sure the **"Topic Active"** checkbox is enabled — this will allow using the topic for new broadcasts.
6. Click the **"Save"** button — the modal window closes, the new topic appears in the list.

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## What Happens After

The topic appears in the broadcast topics table with active status. Now you can use it when creating templates and broadcasts.

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## How to Verify It Worked

- Check that the new topic appears in the broadcast topics list.
- Make sure the topic status is active (green icon).
- Try creating a new broadcast — the topic should be available in the list for selection.

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## Related Materials

- [Edit broadcast topic](/en/broadcast/how-to/edit-topic.md)
- [Deactivate topic](/en/broadcast/how-to/deactivate-topic.md)
- [Create broadcast](/en/broadcast/operator-hub.md#create-broadcast)