diff --git a/mod-orders-storage/examples/batch_tracking.sample b/mod-orders-storage/examples/batch_tracking.sample
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+{
+  "id": "12345678-1234-1234-1234-123456789012",
+  "processedCount": 0,
+  "totalRecords": 100,
+  "createdDate": "2024-01-01T12:00:00.000Z"
+}
+
diff --git a/mod-orders-storage/schemas/batch_tracking.json b/mod-orders-storage/schemas/batch_tracking.json
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+{
+  "$schema": "http://json-schema.org/draft-04/schema#",
+  "description": "Batch tracking record for aggregating item Kafka events",
+  "javaName": "BatchTracking",
+  "type": "object",
+  "properties": {
+    "id": {
+      "description": "Unique identifier for the batch",
+      "$ref": "../../common/schemas/uuid.json"
+    },
+    "processedCount": {
+      "description": "Number of records processed so far",
+      "type": "integer",
+      "default": 0,
+      "minimum": 0
+    },
+    "totalRecords": {
+      "description": "Total number of records expected in this batch",
+      "type": "integer",
+      "minimum": 1
+    },
+    "createdDate": {
+      "description": "Date and time when the batch tracking record was created",
+      "type": "string",
+      "format": "date-time"
+    },
+    "_version": {
+      "type": "integer",
+      "description": "Record version for optimistic locking"
+    },
+    "metadata": {
+      "type": "object",
+      "$ref": "../../../raml-util/schemas/metadata.schema",
+      "readonly": true
+    }
+  },
+  "additionalProperties": false,
+  "required": [
+    "totalRecords"
+  ]
+}
+