# Staging Loads
Next is setting up a load to add to a route. To start this process, click on the Staging tab next to the Routes tab to bring up the Staging toolbar
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1. Click on the add button to add a load to the unrouted loads list
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2. Next select a Load to work on and click on the arrow to bring up the Load Box dropdown
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3. From here a route can be assigned to the load or it can be done after, but once added, the load will be moved into the routes tab under the Route selected
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4. After which, if a route was added, continue back onto the routes tab and continue there by selecting the load under the route
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5. Click on Set Terminal then click the check after selecting one. Just like with Vehicles, a Terminal must also be created and added to the system for it to appear on here. See the [Terminals](https://docs.kozyops.com/books/admin/page/terminals) guide for a more in depth look at creating them
6. Click on Set Load Number and click the check after assigning a number