header (batch header)

The first page in a batch. This most often contains a separator field (typically a barcode that signals the first page).

The header can be a page that contains only the separator data and is otherwise blank. It can also contain other data besides the separator data.

In a production environment such batch headers have two purposes:

Headers are used in the Register Documents activity and when Registering documents in XBOUND, for example.

Some call headers batch separators, because it is one type of separator.