# Create and configure an endpoint

Proceed as follows to create a new endpoint or edit an existing endpoint

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## Overview

<table><thead><tr><th width="76.33333333333331">No.</th><th>Name</th><th>Details</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>[E]</strong></td><td>Details</td><td>Opens the endpoint details</td></tr><tr><td><strong>[F]</strong></td><td>Delete endpoint</td><td>Delete the respective endpoint</td></tr><tr><td><strong>[G]</strong></td><td>Endpoint address</td><td>shows the exact address of the respective endpoint</td></tr><tr><td><strong>[H]</strong></td><td>Status</td><td>Indicates whether the connection to the respective endpoint is paused or active. ⚠ Attention: This status only shows whether the connection was paused in Eliona. The status shows <em>not</em> whether the connection is actually successful. The connection can be displayed as “Active” even if, for example, an error is present. Whether the connection is actually successful can be seen in the ↗ endpoint details</td></tr><tr><td><strong>[I]</strong></td><td>Pause/Start</td><td>Pause/resume the connection to the respective endpoint</td></tr><tr><td><strong>[J]</strong></td><td>Endpoints</td><td>The individual endpoints</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Create a new endpoint

1. Click in the sidebar on **Connection \[A]** \
   ▷ The “Connections” window opens
2. Select in the tab **OPC UA\[B]** from In the workspace, a list of all already connected brokers is displayed **\[C]** \
   ◈ If you do not see any entries, no endpoints have been created yet\
   ◈ Endpoints created in other projects are also displayed
3. Click on **\[D]**, to create a new endpoint \
   ▷ The [↗ endpoint details](https://docs.buildings.ability.abb/collection/english-v14/connectivity-as-a-service/connect-devices-with-abb-buildingpro/connect-devices-via-opc-ua/endpoint-details)

## Edit an existing endpoint

1. Click in the sidebar on **Connection \[A]**\
   ▷ The “Connections” window opens
2. Select in the tab **OPC UA\[B]** from In the workspace, a list of all already connected brokers is displayed **\[C]**\
   ◈ If you do not see any entries, no endpoints have been created yet\
   ◈ Endpoints created in other projects are also displayed
3. Click on the endpoint you want to configure **\[F]**\
   ▷ The [↗ endpoint details](https://docs.buildings.ability.abb/collection/english-v14/connectivity-as-a-service/connect-devices-with-abb-buildingpro/connect-devices-via-opc-ua/create-and-configure-an-endpoint)