Setting Up Backflush Labor Server Process

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I am trying to set up Labor Backflush to run continuously. When I check continuous processing it tells me it has to be connected to a start up schedule. So I added it to the startup schedule yesterday morning but nothing has happened since. I didn’t change any start up schedule settings, just added the task.

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I go this figured out with a ticket to Epicor.

Per KB0085988 - don’t check continuous processing.

~BACKGROUND:
Startup schedules start the tasks that are on that schedule type when the taskagent configuration(s) for that database are restarted. The consequence for this is that if a task stops processing for any reason when it is started via a startup schedule that the only way to get that process to start again would be to restart the taskagent configuration(s) for that database.

Other schedule types (interval, hourly, monthly, daily, etc) “self-heal” if it stops processing for any reason and will start again during the next scheduled interval time. This is why interval schedules are always recommended over startup schedules if the task/process/report in question can be submitted to a schedule other than startup.

~REMOVE EXISTING PROCESSES FROM STARTUP SCHEDULE:

  1. Launch the System Monitor.
  2. Actions > Display all Tasks.
  3. Click on Scheduled Tasks tab.
  4. Highlight task on startup schedule and click on the X on the toolbar to delete.
  5. Repeat step 4 for all remaining tasks on this startup schedule.

~CREATE A NEW 5 MINUTE INTERVAL SCHEDULE:

  1. Navigate to System Setup > System Maintenance > System Agent.
  2. Click on the Agent ID button and press the search button - select the first result and press OK.
  3. Click File > New > New Schedule.
  • Go to Schedules Tab
  • In the Description field, enter 5 min int.
  • Select Interval Schedule for the Schedule Type.
  • Enter 5 for the interval (which means this schedule will run every 5 minutes).
  • For the Next run time, select 5 minutes or more into the future.
  • Click the Save button on the toolbar.
  • Close the System Agent screen.

~SUBMIT PROCESS TO NEW 5 MINUTE INTERVAL SCHEDULE:

  1. From the Main menu, navigate to the process that you wish to submit to this new schedule.
    e.g. Production Management > job management> General Operations > backflush Labor Server Process.
    -Continuous Processing: should be unchecked.
    -Recurring: should be checked.
    -Schedule: select “5 min int” from the drop down.
  • File > Submit.
    NOTE: Repeat step 1 in this section for every task you wish to run every 5 minutes.
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