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title: "Activity types"
description: "The activity type determines what information is required when entering an activity and what documents are generated for the activity owners. Activity types are offered when creating activities and in the quick selection for people."
url: https://navody.aktion.cz/en/articles/127-activity-types
updated: 2026-10-13
language: en
alternates: [cs]
---

# Activity types

The activity type determines what information is required when entering an activity and what documents are generated for the activity owners. Activity types are offered when creating activities and in the quick selection for people.

The activity type determines which data is required when entering an activity and which documents are generated for activity owners. Types are offered when creating activities and in the quick selection for people.

## List of types

The list shows the name, abbreviation, description, and the **Start date**, **End date**, and **Simplified entry** indicators. Use the row context menu (right-click or **⋮**) to open a type (**Detail**), edit it, copy it, view its history, or delete it.

![The Aktion administration screen shows the activity types table, with columns for names, abbreviations, descriptions, dates, simplified entry, and editors. Visible: Typy činností, Hledat v menu, Hledat v tabulce, Rozložení, Default, Nový.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/ZFY8lj0IIQTXpziugo1QYFx3FYHpQPhCjLj0X80OT9nQ4ozGC5EtAn2uCcgrM1drkFaAKcWuTKz.png)

## Creating an activity type

1.  Click **New**. The **Create activity type** dialog opens.
    
2.  Fill in **Name** and **Abbreviation** (required), and optionally **Description** and **Note**.
    
3.  Check the options as needed:
    

-   **Simplified entry** – the type is available in the quick selection for people (the arrow next to the **Add activity** button); entering the activity itself then works the same as selecting it from the list of types,
    
-   **Date from** / **Date to** – when entering an activity of this type, a date from / to will be required.
    

1.  Click **Create**.
    

![The “Create activity type” form shows filled training details and checked options for simplified entry and start date. Visible: Create activity type, Name \*, Workplace Safety Training – introductory, Abbreviation \*, Workplace Safety, Description.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/lBQrUSwTRY6fLC0UgCZBM8wQUfbgk4qy1CLQpiwSvSybufbrzadnPmhBUweUr5LjUPy9sA3uawN.png)

The type abbreviation is part of the activity number (e.g. **BOZP20260001**).

## Print templates

Open the type details from the context menu by selecting **Details**. On the left is the **Basic information** section (edit using the **Edit information** button), and on the right is the **Print templates** section. Documents are generated for activity owners based on the templates in this section.

1.  In the **Print templates** section, click **Add**.
    
2.  In the **Add print template** dialog, select a template and click **Add**.
    
3.  In the template's context menu, select **Set as default**. The default template has a green indicator in the **Default** column.
    

Remove a template by selecting **Remove** from the context menu, or remove multiple selected templates at once using the **Remove** button above the list.

![The Record details screen for Occupational Health and Safety Training – introductory shows basic training details and print reports; an open row menu offers setting the report as default or removing it. Visible: Record details, Basic details, Name, Occupational Health and Safety Training – introductory, Abbreviation, OHS.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/69AjyYjiDLIXr6SErn41itWJnv164uHmFvMqygQe0TbcS4qtxZSmF7sTRu0ItawI0uWP0vnBr0m.png)

![The Add print report dialog shows a Print report dropdown with OHS Training Certificate selected and Cancel and Add buttons. Visible: Add print report, Print report, OHS Training Certificate, Cancel, Add.](https://staticfiles.gleap.io/ghelparticle/rA0WCpe9z0fhUeRTDnZeq0k1B30ZENPYUTmhp2eaEGshLqMwLCi9ag4duBTmfvKFLB38Mj9MKS5.png)

> **Info:** **Administrator tip:** Whether the document is saved, printed, or sent by email, and what it is called, is determined by the settings of the print report itself (in the Windows application).