## What is Supervision?

All tasks in Hyperscience that require human input are called Supervision tasks. Within Supervision, there are two categories – Supervision and Quality Assurance (QA) tasks.

## Supervision Tasks

A submission will travel through multiple steps during the data-extraction process. At each step, if the machine's confidence falls below the thresholds specified in the flow's settings or the application settings, the system will enlist the help of a human to complete a Supervision task.

For more information on Supervision required for data extraction, see [What is Supervision?](https://help.hyperscience.ai/general-information/docs/what-is-extraction-supervision)

## Quality Assurance Tasks

Quality Assurance (QA) is the second variety of Supervision tasks. These tasks occur after submissions are completed and therefore do _not_ affect the speed at which a submission flows through the system. It is important to note that if an error is found during the QA process, it will _not_ retroactively change the output of the specific field.

For more information on QA, see the article [What is Quality Assurance?](https://help.hyperscience.ai/general-information/docs/what-is-quality-assurance)

## Tasks

The different tasks that you may be required to do in Supervision are listed in the table below.

| **Task Name** | **Description** | **Type** |
| Document Classification Step 1 - Categorization | This task occurs when the **Manual Classification Supervision** flow setting is enabled, and the **Structured** **Layout Match Threshold** for an individual page is below the defined threshold value. <br>In this task, you must specify the category value which best describes the page shown. The following options are possible:<br>- All live Semi-structured layouts<br>  <br>- All live Additional layouts<br>  <br>- Blank page<br>  <br>- Additional Form Page, for a Structured document without a matching layout<br>  <br>- Other, for any pages which do not meet any of the above category values | Supervision |
| Document Classification Step 2 - Grouping documents into folders | This task is available if the Foldering feature was enabled in a previous version of Hyperscience. All documents shown can be organized into folders. Folders group together documents that should be associated with one another due to business rules or downstream requirements. | Supervision |
| Document Classification Step 3 - Add Metadata Fields | This task is available if the Metadata feature was enabled in a previous version of Hyperscience. In this task, you can add metadata to folders or documents for better management of downstream processes. | Supervision |
| Table Identification (ID) | This task occurs when the Table ID confidence is below the threshold specified in the **Table Identification Target Accuracy** flow setting. | Supervision |
| Field Identification (ID) | This task occurs when the Field ID confidence is below the threshold specified in the **Field Identification target accuracy** flow setting, or if you have designated a field for manual identification in the Layout Editor. | Supervision |
| Transcription & Consensus | When the **Manual** **Transcription** **Supervision** flow setting is enabled, this task can occur as a result of two different scenarios:<br>1. The Transcription Machine Confidence for a transcription is below the respective (Structured or Semi-structured) text confidence threshold, as set in the "Structured Document Transcription" and "Semi-structured Document Transcription" sections of your flow's settings.<br>   <br>2. The Supervision setting for a field is designated as "Consensus" or "Always" in the Layout Editor.<br>   <br>You should key what you observe. Validation on certain field types can be overridden, if desired.<br>Additionally, if at least one table column and row have been identified in a Semi-structured document, the task will show a table field. You can then review or correct any values in the table that the machine has transcribed, or transcribe any values that the machine was not able to transcribe. | Supervision |
| Classification QA | These QA tasks are for Semi-structured documents only. You will be asked to verify or correct the classification of a document so the system can assess its Classification accuracy. | Quality Assurance |
| Transcription QA | These QA tasks are for Structured documents only. You will be instructed to transcribe a field so the system can assess accuracy. | Quality Assurance |
| Field Identification QA | These QA tasks are for Semi-structured documents only. You will be asked to confirm or reject the location of a field value. | Quality Assurance |