# Deployment Waves

Because Waves execute in top-to-bottom order, less critical Business Units appear higher in the priority. This prioritizes deployment to non-mission critical business units or smaller groups of endpoints first, followed by more critical or larger groupings of endpoints.

## Using Deployment Wave Entries

Entries for Deployment Wave settings exist in the object templates for Business Units, Deployment Channels, and Customized Products templates. All methods use the same process.

### Create a Wave Entry

1. Select **Advanced Settings > Intent Schema > Deployment Waves**.
2. Select **+ New**.
3. Enter a unique **Name** and **Description**.
4. Select **Add Wave**.

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5. Select **+ Create Wave Entry**.

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6. Select **Browse** next to **Add Business Unit**.
   1. Navigate to and select the **Business Unit** to which the Wave Entry applies.
   2. Select **OK** to return to the **Create Wave Entry** dialog.

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7. Expand the **Include Child Business Units** menu to include one or more child Business Units of the selected parent.
8. Select **Create Wave Entry** to return to the Deployment Wave template.
9. Select **Save** to save your progress.

### Create one or more Wave Entries

1. In an open Deployment Wave template, under **Deployment Waves**, select **Add Wave**.

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2. Select **+ Create Wave Entry**.

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3. Next to **Add Business Unit**, select **Browse**.

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   1. Navigate to and select the **Business Unit** to which the Wave Entry applies.
   2. Select **OK** to return to the **Create Wave Entry** dialog.
   3. Expand the **Include Child Business Units** menu to include one or more child Business Units of the selected parent.
   4. Select **Create Wave Entry** to return to the Deployment Wave template.
   5. If creating multiple Wave Entries, repeat steps 1 through 4 to add another Deployment Wave.

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   6. Once done, select **Save** to save your progress.

### Edit or Remove a Wave Entry

1. Select **Advanced Settings > Intent Schema > Deployment Waves**.
2. Open the **Deployment Wave template** you want to change.
3. Scroll down to the Deployment Waves table that shows the Wave Entry you want to edit or remove.
4. Select the **ellipsis (...)** in the **Actions** column, and then choose one of the following options:
   * Select **Remove Wave Entry** to remove the Wave.
   * Select **Edit the Remote Wave Entry** to make any necessary changes to the Wave.
5. Select **Save** to save your progress.

## Open and Save a Deployment Wave Template

1. In the left navigation menu of the Patch Management Dashboard, select **Deployment Waves**.
2. Select the **Name** of a template to open it, and then save the template with a new title:
3. In the upper-left of the dialog, select **More**, and then select **Save As**.
4. Enter a new name for the template, and then select **Save as**. This returns you to a copy of the template with the new name.
5. Enter a detailed **Description** of the process covered in this template, or leave the prepopulated description.


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