# Creating data types

Create several data types to describe the data to handle with your API.

## About this task

In this example, you need four data types:

* An Address data type that contains the applicant's address.
* A Personal data type that contains information specific to personal loans.
* A Business data type that contains information specific to business loans.
* An Application data type that contains all the information about a specific loan application.

### In this section

* [Creating the Address data type](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/api-designer-getting-started-guide/Cloud/creating-address-data-type)
* [Creating the Personal data type](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/api-designer-getting-started-guide/Cloud/creating-personal-data-type)
* [Creating the Business data type](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/api-designer-getting-started-guide/Cloud/creating-business-data-type)
* [Creating the Application data type](https://help.qlik.com/talend/en-US/api-designer-getting-started-guide/Cloud/creating-application-data-type)