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# PetscSectionCreateGlobalSectionLabel
Create a section describing the global field layout using the local section and an `PetscSF` describing the section point overlap. 
## Synopsis
```
#include "petscdmlabel.h"   
#include "petscsection.h"   
PetscErrorCode PetscSectionCreateGlobalSectionLabel(PetscSection s, PetscSF sf, PetscBool includeConstraints, DMLabel label, PetscInt labelValue, PetscSection *gsection)
```
Collective


## Input Parameters

- ***s -*** The `PetscSection` for the local field layout
- ***sf -*** The `PetscSF` describing parallel layout of the section points
- ***includeConstraints -*** By default this is `PETSC_FALSE`, meaning that the global field vector will not possess constrained dofs
- ***label -*** The label specifying the points
- ***labelValue -*** The label stratum specifying the points



## Output Parameter

- ***gsection -*** The `PetscSection` for the global field layout





## Note
This gives negative sizes and offsets to points not owned by this process


## See Also
 `DMLabel`, `DM`, `PetscSectionCreate()`

## Level
developer

## Location
<A HREF="PETSC_DOC_OUT_ROOT_PLACEHOLDER/src/dm/label/dmlabel.c.html#PetscSectionCreateGlobalSectionLabel">src/dm/label/dmlabel.c</A>


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