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title: "Create a folder hierarchy to store takes"
canonical: "https://help.vicon.com/space/ShogunLive121/1253212203/Create%20a%20folder%20hierarchy%20to%20store%20takes"
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Before you begin motion capture with Vicon Shogun Live, you must create a hierarchy of folders in which to store the files associated with your motion capture takes. You can do this either in Vicon Shogun Post or in Vicon Eclipse running as a standalone application.

To create the folder hierarchy to store your takes:

1. Start Vicon Shogun Post > Macro (inline-media-image)

 or Vicon Eclipse > Macro (inline-media-image)

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2. If you are using Shogun Post, open the **Data Management** panel (press F2, or on the **Panels** tab on the ribbon, select **Data Management**).
3. In the **Data Management** panel or in Eclipse, select **Create a new database**. (Note that the Eclipse buttons are slightly different from the Data Management ones, but their function is the same.)
4. In the **New Database** dialog box:
  1. In the **Location** field, browse to or enter the required location. This can be anywhere where you normally save data, for example in your **Documents** folder.
  2. In the **Name** field, enter a name and (if required) a description in the **Description** field.
  3. In the **Based on** list, select **Shogun Animation Template.eni**.
5. Select **Create** and in the next dialog box, ensure your new database is selected and select **Open**.
6. In the **Data Management** pane, create the structure in which Shogun Live will store your take:
  1. Right-click in the window, select **New** > **Project**, and enter a suitable name for your project.
  2. Select the **Project** line you just created, right-click, and select **New** > **Capture day**.
  3. Click in the new **Capture day** node, right-click, and select **New** > **Session**.
    The Session then appears in the Capture day node.
7. Open Windows Explorer and view the folder structure you just created.
  Note that the .*enf* file has the name you gave to your database. It contains the file structure instructions to Eclipse that tell it which is the main folder and which are the subfolders for this database.
  The subfolder structure reflects the Project, Capture day and Session that you specified. Each subfolder contains an .*enf* file that indicates to Eclipse where it belongs in the hierarchy.
  You now have an active session, ready to store your Shogun Live takes.

You can now place the cameras and markers in position in the volume (see [Position the cameras and markers](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunLive121/pages/1253212367)).

Before you begin capturing, to save your captured takes into the newly created folder hierarchy, you will also need to specify the path to it in Shogun Live, as described in [Capture a take](https://vicon-help.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/ShogunLive121/pages/1253212290).