> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.abbyy.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Create an activity and add it to your workflow > Add a Capture Data utility step to your Pega case workflow and create the CaptureData activity with the pages, classes, parameters, and local variables. The activity runs as a utility step in your case life cycle. It calls the connector function and applies the results to the case. ## Add the utility step to the workflow In **Dev Studio**, open the case type that you created earlier. On the **Workflow** tab, click **Add life cycle**. Create a first stage with a **Collect Information** step. This step opens the dialog box where files can be added. Screenshot of the Workflow tab in Pega Dev Studio showing the case life cycle with a single Collect Information stage that contains a Collect Information step. Create a **Process** stage, add any step to this stage such as **Change stage**, and then click **Save**. Screenshot of the Workflow tab in Pega Dev Studio showing the case life cycle with a Collect Information stage and a Process stage that contains a Change stage step. Click **Records → Process → Flow** to open the list of flows, and then double-click the `Process_Flow` flow for the case type you created earlier. Screenshot of the Flow instances list in Pega Dev Studio showing the pyStartCase, Process_Flow, and CollectInformation_Flow flows for the case type. Replace the **Change stage** step with a **Utility** step. Screenshot of the Process_Flow diagram in Pega Dev Studio showing the shape menu with Utility selected and the resulting flow with a Utility shape between the Start and End nodes. 1. Double-click the **Utility** item to open its properties. 2. Change the name of the item to `Capture Data`. 3. In the **Rule** field, type `CaptureData` to create a new activity with this name. 4. Click the icon next to the **Rule** field. 5. In the window that opens, click **Create and open**. Screenshot of the Utility step properties in Pega Dev Studio showing the name set to Capture Data, the rule type Activity selected, and CaptureData entered in the Rule field. ## Declare the pages and classes On the **Pages & Classes** tab, create the following three objects: | Page name | Class | | ---------------- | ---------------------- | | `Case` | `Work-` | | `Attachment` | `Data-WorkAttach-File` | | `AttachmentInfo` | `Data-WorkAttach-File` | Screenshot of the Pages and Classes tab of the CaptureData activity in Pega Dev Studio showing the Case, Attachment, and AttachmentInfo pages mapped to the Work- and Data-WorkAttach-File classes. ## Create the parameters On the **Parameters** tab, create the following three parameters: | Name | Data type | | --------------- | --------- | | `CaseId` | `String` | | `jsonData` | `String` | | `executionMode` | `String` | Screenshot of the Parameters tab of the CaptureData activity in Pega Dev Studio showing the CaseId, jsonData, and executionMode String parameters. ## Create the local variables Create the following three local variables: | Name | Data type | | ------------- | --------- | | `LinkedRefTo` | `String` | | `Id` | `String` | | `Index` | `Integer` | Screenshot of the local variables section of the CaptureData activity in Pega Dev Studio showing the LinkedRefTo, Id, and Index variables with their String and Integer data types.