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title: Automation
slug: automation
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createdAt: 2021-12-20T22:32:52.000Z
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Fields are populated via the Automation tab, where you can create Kits. Kits define a set of rules and strategies for identifying the pattern around values you would like to extract from the document. These rules and strategies are referred to as **Tools** and you can have several Tools within a Kit and can even use multiple Kits to populate a Field with multiple records.
Please note that when adding a Kit, the Kit is associated with a single Schema, although you can associate any number of Kits with a given Primary or Sub Schema.
To create a Kit, just locate the "Automation" tab of your Pattern. Please note that you will have to have saved your Pattern and reaccessed it from the Pattern List in order to create a Kit.
This will then open up the following screen if you haven't added any Kits before:
The Kit addition screen allows you to name the Kit (which helps keep you organized if you use multiple Kits on the same Schema) and select a Schema to be associated with it. Selecting the Schema is how you will associate an automation strategy (the Tool) with a specific Field within the Schema.
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Once you add the Kit, you will then be able to add Filters and Tools.
This section of the user guide will cover the following Tools:
| **Tool** | **Number of Records** | **Description** |
| ------------- | --------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Column Tool | Multiple | Locates data entries contained inside of table columns |
| Row Tool | Multiple | Locates data entries contained inside of table rows |
| Text Tool | Single/ Multiple | Locate data contained in free text and other strings |
| Cell Tool | Single | Locates data contained inside of individual table cells |
| Constant Tool | Single | Associates a user-defined value with the schema field |
| Anchor Tool | Single | Establishes a regex to search from identify target values. Particularly
useful for identifying values that are consistently in the same place
relative to other values. |