Unsuccessful in creating simple Disk Image action - please help

I am new to Automator and thought I was getting the hang of it. I am trying to create a simple action that will take my selected files, then put them into a .dmg. I want it to ask for a name and location each time. I thought I had it but every time it creates the image it self deletes. Now I am totally confused.
I searched for "disk image" in the forum but didn't find anything.
Thanks for any help.
CHris

It sounds like you are unmounting the dmg when done - what actions are in your current workflow? You can use the option to show the action when it runs to get a dialog with the selected items for you to put in the names and location.
1) Get Selected Finder Items
2) New Disk Image {  Options:
            Show this action when the workflow runs;
            Show only the selected items (check Volume name, Save as, in)  }

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