Compartments enable you to partition resources in Oracle Cloud Infrastructure so that you can better control access to those resources. To create an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Process Automation instance, you must first create a compartment, unless you want to create the instance in the root compartment.

1. In the Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Console home page, open the navigation menu, and click Identity & Security. Under Identity, click Compartments.
   A list of the compartments in your tenancy is displayed. Note that if there are existing compartments, you can also choose to create your Process Automation instance in an existing compartment.
2. Click Create Compartment.
3. Enter the following details:
   • Name: Enter a name that is unique across all compartments in your tenancy (maximum 100 characters, including letters, numbers, periods, hyphens, and underscores). For example, enter a name such as OCIPACompartment.
   • Description: Enter a description for this compartment.
   • Tags: Enter tags to organize and list resources based on your business needs. See Managing Tags and Tag Namespaces.
4. Click Create Compartment.