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A Process skill is a directed flow of document and classification activities, along with any additional activities that import and export documents, check rules, and send documents to manual review.
All Document skills used in a Process skill must use the same Technology Core version.
In the following diagram, activities are connected using directional arrows:
Process skill workflow diagram

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Setup

1

Set up a document processing workflow

Either set up a custom workflow manually, or select one of the preset workflows.
2

Configure activity parameters

Set the required parameters for each activity in the workflow.
3

Publish the skill

Publish the skill to make it usable.
The Try option for launching a transaction is not available for Process skills.

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Preset workflows

Preset workflows are available in the Actions pane of the Skill Designer. Vantage offers the following presets.

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Simple Document skill workflow

For processing documents of a single type. Imports documents, extracts fields, and uploads results.

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Multiple Document skills after Classification

For processing various document types in one workflow. Imports documents, classifies them, routes each type to the right Document skill, and uploads results.

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Multiple Document skills after Classification with manual review

Same as above, plus a Manual Review step that verifies only documents that fail specific business rules defined by the workflow designer.

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Modify a workflow

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Add an activity

1

Select the preceding block

Click the block after which you want to add the activity.
2

Pick an activity

In the menu that appears to the right, select an activity.
3

Connect the blocks

Connect the new activity to the existing blocks using directional arrows.
Process skill editor showing the activity menu to the right of a selected block

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Remove an activity

1

Select the block

Click the block to select it.
2

Delete

In the menu that appears, click Delete.
3

Reconnect remaining blocks

Connect the remaining blocks using directional arrows as needed.

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Create a custom workflow

1

Add an activity

Select an activity in the Activities pane and drag it into the Skill Designer window.
2

Configure the block

Click the block and select the required activity from the menu that appears. Click the block again to close the menu.
3

Configure activity settings

After adding all processing steps, click each activity and configure it in the Actions pane on the right.

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Available activities

You can use the following activities in a custom Process skill workflow:
Most activities can access all documents in a transaction at once. Skill-based activities (Classify, Extract, OCR) process each document separately. You can branch the workflow implicitly by mapping Document skills in an Extract activity to classes assigned by a Classify activity. Use For Each Document to apply Custom or Condition activities to one document at a time.

Process skill

Orchestrate document processing workflows by chaining activities and skills.

Input activity

Bring documents into a Process skill from email, shared folders, or other sources.

Output activity

Export processed documents to external systems or shared folders.

Classify activity

Identify document types and route each document to the correct downstream process.

Extract activity

Extract field values from documents using a Document skill.

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