Servers Tab of General System Settings Form

Use the Servers tab to configure process queues and application servers.

Contents

Field Description
Retain job history for x days Select this option if you want Vision to save history for completed processes in the queue. The default for this field is to retain process history.

If you do not retain process history, Vision deletes process entries from the queue after they run, fail, or get cancelled. If the process entry has an alert pending, Vision deletes the process entry after the submitter has been notified.

If you do retain process history, Vision deletes process entries from the queue after the specified number of days you enter in this field. The default number of days to retain history is 7.

If the job has an alert pending, Vision deletes the process entry after the specified number of days and only after the submitter has been notified.

Deltek strongly recommends that you do not enter zero, which saves the process history indefinitely.

Retain Errors for x days This option allows you to set a limit on the number of days that the server retains error reports for successful processing runs. Deltek strongly recommends that you do not enter zero, which saves the reports indefinitely.
Process Queues Drop-down Click the drop-down arrow on a grid header to complete any of the following actions:
  • To print grid data, click Print. When the Print Preview form displays, click File > Print to send the grid data to your default printer.
  • To export grid data to an Excel spreadsheet, click Export to Excel. When Microsoft Excel opens, use its features to modify, print, or email the data, or to save the spreadsheet file locally.
  • To turn on grouping for a grid, click Enable Grouping. When a field displays with the instruction: "Drag a column header here to group by that column," drag and drop column headers into this field, in the sequence that you want them to display.

Not all options are available on all grids.

Name Enter a name by which to identify this process queue. The queue name should be descriptive. This name displays wherever process queue information is displayed and may be selected.
Dedicated Server If you want to dedicate a queue to a specific server, select the server from the drop-down list. Only that process server will run jobs on that queue. This is useful if you want a particular machine to run jobs of a particular type. For example, you may want all large jobs to run on the most powerful machine.
Max Enter the maximum number of jobs that will run concurrently in this queue, regardless of how many jobs are actually in the queue. Enter zero for no limit.
Priority Enter the priority of the process queue, zero being the highest priority.
Status This field displays the status of the queue, either Running or Stopped. Status is determined by whether you click Pause or Continue.
Application Servers: Server Name This field displays the names of existing application servers and allows you to enter a new server name.

You can enter the name of the server on which the Process Server Service is running. If you leave Server Name blank, Vision assumes that the Process Server Service is running on the Web Server.