# Create a Smart Group from an Inventory Query (Report)

## What

Smart group creation in FIleWave has always been a duplicated effort if you wanted a smart group that was identical to an inventory query (report) that already existed. This duplication of effort was inefficient.

## When/Why

With version 14+ of FileWave, you can now directly create a new smart group from an existing inventory query. (and the crowds cheered!)

## How

Creating the smart group is easy:

- Right-click the Inventory Query you want to "copy" to a smart group
- Choose "Create Smart Group"
- Pick the destination where you want your smart group created

The newly created smart group will have no direct associations (deployments) assigned to it, but if you place it underneath a group that does have associations, the smart group will inherit them.

See example below:

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## Related Content

- [Duplicating Smart Groups](https://kb.filewave.com/books/filewave-central-anywhere/page/duplicating-smart-groups "Duplicating Smart Groups")