====File Structure====

Each different [[capture type|capture type]] is defined in a JSON file.

These files are stored in your ARDI site folder, inside folders located in the **capture** directory. 

If you were creating a capture type called 'Batch Summary' on an ARDI site called 'default' installed into **C:\ARDI** on a Windows system would place capture files in **c:\ARDI\sites\default\capture\batch_summary\config.json**.

===Example===

Below is an example of a simple capture configuration.

<code javascript>
{
	"name": "Daily Painting KPIs",
	"uniqueid": "{Date}",
	"keys": ["Running Percentage","Not Running Percentage"],	
	"date": "StartTime",
	"steps": [			
		{
			"type": "get_day",
			"upto": "06:00",
			"comment": "Get The Full Day Span"
		},
		{
			"type": "get_query",
			"points": ["Paint Line.Speed - Actual","Paint Line.Status - Painting"],
                        "samples": 1000,
			"comment": "Get Line Running Status"
		},
		{
			"type": "timeframes",			
			"condition": "({Paint Line.Status - Painting} > 0) && ({Paint Line.Speed - Actual} > 0)",				
			"comment": "Find Painting Times"
		},
		{
			"type": "timesummary",			
			"inside": "Painting",
			"comment": "Calculate Painting Times"
		}
	]
}
</code>

===Key Properties===

There are several key properties of the JSON object inside this file.

**name**: The human-readable name of the //capture type//. \\
**uniqueid**: The unique ID for an individual capture. [[substitution|Substitutable]]. \\
**keys**: A list of the most important attributes of the capture. These will be stored in the database and can be used to filter your data. \\
**date**: The name of the attribute to use as the capture date. Normally //StartTime//.
**steps**: A list of the analytic steps.

===Additional Properties===

There are some additional, optional properties that can be present.

**important**: A list of attributes that should be highlighted to the user. These may include regular expressions. \\
**highlight**: Similar to 'important', but secondary (ie. these items will be shown below //important// items but before any others). \\
**ignore**: A list of attributes that should be ignored in comparisons. \\
**matching**: Used to adjust the [[fuzzysearch_dev|fuzzy matching]] options. \\
**modelmap**: Used to rename attributes being used in [[explosion|explosion]] and [[aimodels|AI]]. \\
**link**: Let users view a [[charts|chart]] of data when looking at a capture.