Workflow instances
To run a bot you integrated with a workflow, you need to trigger the bot to start. To run the bot, you need to supply the bot with a workflow instance.
Workflow instances are like packages that can contain data for your bot to process. Regardless the workflow instance holds data or not, you use the instance to start the bot. After you start the bot with a workflow instance, the bot follows the control flow the workflow defines.
If you integrate your workflow with your IBM RPA Control Center environment, you can track instances in the control panel. For more information, see Workflows in your IBM RPA Control Center environment.
See Workflow integration commands reference for more information about the commands you use to integrate a workflow file with a script.
Batches
You can group related instances into batches. A batch is a group of workflow instances with additional information about the group.
Batches have a unique key to identify them. You can load individual batches with this key or list all batches to process.
When you work with batches, you can load individual workflow instances from the batch to process or process each workflow instance from each batch.
See Workflow integration commands reference for more information on batch commands.