Review and Manage Processing Tasks with Queue Manager

Use the Queue Manager utility to review the processes in a process queue and to perform management tasks such as holding, releasing, and cancelling tasks.

To review and manage processing tasks:

  1. In the Navigation pane, select Utilities > Process Server > Queue Manager.
  2. In the Queue field on the Queue Manager form, select a queue to review.
    Vantagepoint displays the processes associated with that queue. The Queue Status field displays the status of the queue, such as Running, Hold, or Waiting.
    • If the queue is stopped, this button is labeled Continue and you start the queue by clicking it.
    • If the queue is running, this button is labeled Stop and you stop the queue by clicking it.

      You may want to stop a queue if you need to load new forms in the target printer. Stopping a queue temporarily suspends processing for the selected queue, but does not unassign it from the associated process server. If you stop or shut down a server with active processes waiting in the queue, the processes are not deleted. If a process is currently running on the process server, Vantagepoint completes the current process before pausing or shutting down.

  3. Use one or more of the Process Options to filter the process list results:
    • Waiting: The process is waiting in the queue to be run, in the order scheduled, by the process server.
    • Running: The process is running.
    • Hold: The process has a status of Waiting and is on hold.
    • Recurring: The process is set to recur, based on the established frequency.
  4. To narrow the list of processes by day or status, use the Select Processes from __ Days field.
    To include all processes, leave the field blank. To retrieve only those processed within a specified number of days, enter the number of days. For example, enter 7 to view processes that were run in the past 7 days.
  5. Select one or more process statuses to include:
    • Complete
    • Cancelled
    • Failed
  6. To apply the filters and refresh the list in the Queue Processes grid, click Refresh List.
  7. To sort the list of processes in the grid, click a column heading on the grid (such as Status or Submitter).
  8. To see details and parameters about a process, click the link in the Description column.
  9. On the Process Queue Details dialog box, click and use the grid options to perform additional functions with the processes.
    For more information, see: Process Queue Manager Tasks and Options.
  10. Click Save.