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title: "Workflow: Batches"
description: How is the workflow for batches, from creation to done
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# Workflow: Batches

## 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](https://support.parashift.io/schema-batches?hsLang=en)

### 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.

- [Relationships & Structure of Batches, Documents, Pages and Files](https://support.parashift.io/structure-relationsships-of-batches-documents-pages-and-files?hsLang=en)
- [Schema: Batches](https://support.parashift.io/schema-batches?hsLang=en)

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