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url: /technical/creating-a-model.md
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  Models are needed to hold cubes and dimensions pertaining to a business model
  of a business function such as performance management, value driver modelling,
  waterfall analysis, or inventory management.
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# Creating a Model

Models are needed to hold cubes and dimensions pertaining to a business model of a business function such as performance management, value driver modelling, waterfall analysis, or inventory management.

You can create a new model by navigating to https://go.modlr.co/model/create/.

Before building out Dimensions and Cubes, see [Architecting a Model](/technical/architecting-a-model.html) for a short design discipline that catches structural problems while they're still cheap to fix.