---
title: "Ladder"
description: "ordered rungs, each written as the rung below with further conditions"
section: concepts
address: /concepts/ladder
contract: 0476e35e6e275db5
---

# Ladder

ordered rungs, each written as the rung below with further conditions

[figure: Ladder is a definition at follows scope. The drawing shows its fields and the objects that they point at.]

| property | value |
|---|---|
| kind | definition |
| scope | follows |
| key | the brand or the vertical, and its name |
| store | postgres |
| family | rules_engine |



## Fields


| field | type | required | note |
|---|---|---|---|
| `name` | `text` | yes |  |
| `rungs` | [Rung](/concepts/rung) | yes |  |
| `qualifying_rung` | `text` | yes | the template's default, changeable by the brand |
| `original` | `id` | no |  |



## Routes that use it
- [`/v1/act/keep_ladder`](/reference/act/keep_ladder) returns it