How is the workflow for batches, from creation to done
Introduction
The workflow for a batch is pretty simple, it gets created, is waiting for separation (if configured) and once all associated documents of the batch are done it switches to done itself.
Attributes
The following batch attributes show the current workflow status of a batch:
| Name | Type | Writable | Details |
| status | string | no |
Allowed values: pending, in_progress, done, failed |
To get a list of all batch attributes see Schema: Batches
Workflow
| Step | Status | Description |
| Inbound | pending | Waiting to be picked up by a backend task. This status should only be visible 1-2 seconds after upload. |
| Separation | in_progress |
Batch is waiting to be processed in Separation Validation, there are no documents created for this batch yet Also the state after Separation as long as there are un-done documents in the batch. |
| Done | done | All documents inside of the batch have the status "done" |
Recommended Reading
I strongly recommend the following articles, going into detail about how a batch is related to documents, pages and especially input_files and the batch schema.
Also, check out our Postman API Documentation