> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Classify activity

> Determine the type of document received by ABBYY Vantage for processing.

Use the **Classify** activity to determine the type of a document, using a [Classification skill](/vantage/documentation/skill-designer/classification/classification-skill) from the **Skill Catalog**.

## Select a Classification skill

Use the **Actions** pane to specify which Classification skill from the **Skill Catalog** to use.

<Note>
  Only published skills appear in the list of available Classification skills.
</Note>

Once you pick a Classification skill, the **Actions** pane lists its classes. By default all classes are selected — deselect any you don't want to process. Each selected class must be connected to a Document skill.

Deselecting classes is useful when your Classification skill covers more document types than you want to process, and retraining the skill isn't practical.

<Note>
  Documents of excluded classes are not processed.
</Note>

## Create a new Classification skill

If you can't find a suitable skill in the **Skill Catalog**, create a new one:

<Steps>
  <Step title="Open the Create form">
    Click **Create New Skill** at the bottom of the **Actions** pane.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Name and configure">
    Enter a name for the skill and fill out the list of required skills.
  </Step>

  <Step title="Save">
    Click **Done**. The new skill is automatically selected as this activity's Classification skill and added to the **Skill Catalog**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

<Tip>
  Train your new Classification skill and publish it to the Skill Catalog. See [Publish a skill](/vantage/documentation/skill-catalog/publish-skill) and [Set up a Classification skill](/vantage/documentation/skill-designer/classification/classification-skill-setup).
</Tip>

## Enable Online learning

If the Process skill includes a verification step, you can enable Online learning for your Classification skill from the **Actions** pane. Online learning uses manual review results to continuously improve the skill's precision. For more information, see [Online learning](/vantage/documentation/runtime/online-learning/online-learning).

## Related topics

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  <Card title="Set up a Process skill" icon="screwdriver-wrench" href="/vantage/documentation/skill-designer/process/set-up">
    Build a Process skill from a preset workflow or from scratch and configure each activity.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Classification skill" icon="tags" href="/vantage/documentation/skill-designer/classification/classification-skill">
    Identify document types and route each document to the correct downstream process.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Set up a Classification skill" icon="wand-magic-sparkles" href="/vantage/documentation/skill-designer/classification/classification-skill-setup">
    Train, configure, and publish a Classification skill from scratch.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Extract activity" icon="database" href="/vantage/documentation/skill-designer/process/extract-activity">
    Extract field values from documents using a Document skill.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Publish a skill" icon="upload" href="/vantage/documentation/skill-catalog/publish-skill">
    Assign a version number to a skill and make it available in the Skill Catalog.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>