Processes are normally initially designed as batch processes, as a set of data is normally required in order to test that a process produces the required results, even if it will eventually be deployed as a real time process.

Batch processes have the following characteristics:

• They read data from staged data configurations (such as snapshots).

• They may include any of the processors in the processor library, including those such as Duplicate Check that are not suitable for real time response processes.

• They either write no results, or write their results to a staged data table and/or external database or file.

• They are executed in Normal mode. That is, the process completes when the batch has been completely processed.