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# Indicators

An indicator represents a regularly reported value used to track the performance of a process or policy. Indicators can be linked to associated data elements, and grouped into indicator sets.

### **Prerequisites**

For indicators to be viewed or created, their extension ('Comet Indicator Registry') must be enabled in the Aristotle Cloud Settings Editor. See the [relevant help documentation](/administrator-tasks/aristotle-cloud-settings-editor/adjusting-metadata-and-functionality-extensions.md) for enabling metadata extensions.

### Functionality of Indicators

Indicators can be:

* Created
* Linked to data elements
* Grouped into indicator sets.