# Documents & search
Source: https://nordvec.com/docs/guides/concepts/documents#ingesting-documents

## Ingesting documents [#ingesting-documents]

Documents enter your workspace three ways:

- **Connectors** sync from a source you own (the connector owner). New and
  changed documents are picked up automatically. See the
  [connector catalogue](/docs/guides/connectors).
- **Uploads** of files you add in the app.
- **Push** sends a document to Nordvec directly from your own system. See
  [Push documents](/docs/guides/how-to/push-documents).

Whichever way it arrives, Nordvec processes the document, splits it into passages, and indexes
it for retrieval. Your documents are stored and searched in the EU.

A document has a `status`: `processing` while it is being indexed, `indexed`
once every processing step has finished, and `failed` when it could not be processed.