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title: "IDP validation: reviewing and confirming IDP results"
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updated: 2026-11-11T10:11:51Z
published: 2026-11-11T10:11:51Z
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# IDP validation: reviewing and confirming IDP results

DocuWare Intelligent Document Processing (IDP) prepares incoming documents automatically. It uses artificial intelligence to separate batches into single documents, classify each document, and extract its index data. The new IDP configuration is in Early Access, so it covers simple flows and is open for testing: read more about [building an IDP flow](https://knowledgecenter.docuware.com/help/docs/en/configuring-idp).

An IDP flow can include a validation step to double-check documents before they are stored. In this step, the split, the document type, and the index values can be corrected, and the document is then confirmed. Typical cases include important documents, hard-to-read scans, and unusual layouts that affect the split.

## Working through the validation list

In the new DocuWare client, go to the left sidebar and select **IDP validation** to view the documents awaiting validation. **IDP validation** lists the documents you stored yourself. A document can be validated by the user who stored it, so a colleague's document does not appear in your list.

The number above the table says how many documents are waiting. Each row is one document.

![IDP validation list: one row per document with Document, Configuration, Validation type and Created columns](https://cdn.document360.io/0108e24e-b3e8-446c-b670-66b1d2a9e861/Images/Documentation/image-1793973594757.png)

- **Document:** The name of the file.
- **Configuration:** The IDP flow that processed the document.
- **Validation type:** The step that needs a check.
  - **Splitting:** IDP separated a scanned batch into single documents.
  - **Classification:** IDP decided what the document is, for example, a delivery note or an invoice.
  - **Extraction:** IDP read index data from the document, for example, the amounts and dates on an invoice.
- **Created:** The date the document entered the IDP flow.

You can sort the list by every column. A long list is split into pages, with 25 entries per page by default. When no document is waiting, the list shows **Nothing to validate**.

To validate a document:

1. Select one of the documents pending validation in the list, or select the three dots at the end of its row. The validation view opens and shows what IDP suggests.
2. Check the suggestion and correct it where needed.
3. Confirm the result. The document disappears from the list and proceeds to the next steps in the IDP flow.

![Validation view with extracted field values on the left and the document on the right for checking](https://cdn.document360.io/0108e24e-b3e8-446c-b670-66b1d2a9e861/Images/Documentation/image-1793973696399.png)

## Notes for administrators

- Which documents need validation is defined in the IDP flow itself. In **DocuWare Configurations > Capture > Early Access - IDP**, open the flow and add a **Validation** node. The node decides whether a manual check is needed and when it is triggered. Every document that reaches it appears in **IDP validation**. Read more about [building an IDP flow](https://knowledgecenter.docuware.com/help/docs/en/configuring-idp).
- The IDP configuration is open to organization administrators and to users with the **Configure IDP** right.
- The same queue is visible in the configuration itself, under **Document Validation**.

**Supported versions:** DocuWare Cloud + new DocuWare client only