Import request

An import request is a request with a single correspondence that has already been composed externally.

The request consists of the following components:

• Request reference. An external identification of the request. A meaningful and unique reference allows the request to be tracked easily throughout its processing in Batch & Output Management. Processing does not fail if the external reference is not unique.
• One import correspondence. A correspondence for which all input data for composition has been removed. The removed data are the Data Backbone, Optional Documents, and any Import Documents file. All other data remains, which allows the import correspondence to be treated the same as a normal correspondence for the purpose of communication and delivery. For more information, see the next section.
• One Document Pack (external .zip file). The Document Pack is the saved result of an earlier external document composition. When an import request is registered, it looks for a .zip file with the same file name as the request XML.
  If an active Registration component is scanning the requests folder, the Document Pack .zip file should be inserted first.