pvillard31 commented on a change in pull request #4405:
URL: https://github.com/apache/nifi/pull/4405#discussion_r455825865
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File path: nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc
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@@ -774,6 +779,25 @@ in the dataflow (i.e., the next component outside of the
Process Group).
The Outbound Policy of "Batch Output" doesn't provide any benefits when used
in conjunction with a FlowFile Concurrency of "Unbounded."
As a result, the Outbound Policy is ignored if the FlowFile Concurrency is set
to "Unbounded."
+
+[[Connecting_Batch_Oriented_Groups]]
+==== Connecting Batch-Oriented Process Groups
+
+A common use case in NiFi is to perform some batch-oriented process and only
after that process completes perform another process on that same batch of data.
+
+NiFi makes this possible by encapsulating each of these processes in its own
Process Group. The Outbound Policy of the first Process Group should be
configured as "Batch Output"
+while the FlowFile Concurrency should be either "Single FlowFile Per Node" or
"Single Batch Per Node." With this configuration, the first Process Group
Review comment:
```suggestion
while the FlowFile Concurrency should be either "Single FlowFile Per Node"
or "Single Batch Per Node". With this configuration, the first Process Group
```
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File path: nifi-docs/src/main/asciidoc/user-guide.adoc
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@@ -774,6 +779,25 @@ in the dataflow (i.e., the next component outside of the
Process Group).
The Outbound Policy of "Batch Output" doesn't provide any benefits when used
in conjunction with a FlowFile Concurrency of "Unbounded."
As a result, the Outbound Policy is ignored if the FlowFile Concurrency is set
to "Unbounded."
+
+[[Connecting_Batch_Oriented_Groups]]
+==== Connecting Batch-Oriented Process Groups
+
+A common use case in NiFi is to perform some batch-oriented process and only
after that process completes perform another process on that same batch of data.
+
+NiFi makes this possible by encapsulating each of these processes in its own
Process Group. The Outbound Policy of the first Process Group should be
configured as "Batch Output"
+while the FlowFile Concurrency should be either "Single FlowFile Per Node" or
"Single Batch Per Node." With this configuration, the first Process Group
+will process an entire batch of data (which will either be a a single FlowFile
or many FlowFiles depending on the FlowFile Concurrency) as a coherent batch of
data.
Review comment:
```suggestion
will process an entire batch of data (which will either be a single FlowFile
or many FlowFiles depending on the FlowFile Concurrency) as a coherent batch of
data.
```
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