---
title: "Update the Production Database"
slug: "update-the-production-database"
tags: ["Production Database", "database", "Database Update", "Production Number"]
status: "update"
updated: 2026-10-23T12:10:23Z
published: 2026-10-23T12:10:23Z
canonical: "docs.revealdata.com/update-the-production-database"
---

> ## Documentation Index
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# Update the Production Database

**Database Update** can be used to add a production’s images and/or a production’s Bates numbers to the database.

![58 - 01 - Add Production Database Update](https://5796933.fs1.hubspotusercontent-na1.net/hubfs/5796933/undefined-Aug-02-2022-09-29-55-81-PM.png)

1. Log in to Reveal as an Administrator or Client Administrator.
2. Open the project from the Project Hub.
3. Click **Admin** and open **Production**.
4. Create, preprocess, run and export a Production Job as described in [***How to Create a Production Job***](/reveal/docs/create-a-production-job)*,* [***How to Run Production Job Preprocessing***](/reveal/docs/run-production-job-preprocessing)*,* [***How to Run a Production Job***](/reveal/docs/run-a-production-job) and [***How to Run Production Job Export***](/reveal/docs/run-production-job-export)*.*
5. Choose **Database Update** from the grey side menu.
6. Click the **+Add** button.
7. Enter a **Job Name**.
8. Select the Production Job for database update.

![](https://cdn.us.document360.io/3e21d801-ca9f-4c51-93db-9cbd32741f3d/Images/Documentation/database-update-modal(1).png)
9. **Settings Options:**
  1. Check the checkbox to **Add Production Job Name.** This adds the production job name to the **Production Jobs** field, which is visible in the Document Viewer when included in the selected field profile.
  2. Write the **Production Job Name**
  3. Select if you want to **Append** or **Replace** the Production Job Name.
  4. Select the **Add Production(s) to Views** checkbox as display options for Review.
  5. Add or Select and Edit the **PDF Set** and **Spreadsheet Set** to which the production should be added.
  6. Check **Mark Documents as Produced**.
  7. Check **Add Page Count** to update that information for each produced document (if not already populated).
  8. Lastly, set Production Number Fields to which production numbering will be recorded in each document record for:
    1. **Begin Production Number** - usually ***Begin Bates***
    2. **End Production Number** - usually ***End Bates***
    3. **Begin Production Attachment** - usually ***Begin Bates Attach***
    4. **End Production Attachment** - usually ***End Bates Attach***
  9. Click **Save** to save the job. You also have the option to open and re-specify an existing job with a new Job Name and Production Job selection and **Save As New**.
10. Once the Database Update Job has been created, it needs to **Start** from the Status column dropdown menu for the job on the Database Update Jobs list. You will be asked for confirmation on start.
11. Once the job starts, a grey gear appears in the **Status** column. The gear turns green and spins while the job is processing. A green checkmark appears when the job completes. After the Database Update job completes, an indexing job named **Database update indexing job** is automatically created to index the updated metadata.
12. The production process is complete with this step.

## Related

- [Run Full Processing on Production Jobs](/run-a-production-job.md)
- [Production Templates](/production-templates.md)
- [Create a Production Set (Work Folder)](/create-a-production-set.md)
- [Create a Production Export Job](/run-production-job-export.md)
- [Production Image Sets](/production-image-sets.md)