Xerox FreeFlow Process Manager Support & Software Ratgeber Für Administratoren
Advanced administration
Checking the status of a process
The Processes dialog lists information about each process, including:
• Name
• Status
• Concurrent count
• Name
• Status
• Concurrent count
Take Offline/Set Online: Allows you to change the offline or online status of a selected process;
pauses jobs that reach the process. Available if no jobs are using the process. The option displays
as a context menu option when you right-click a process.
Settings: Opens the Process Settings dialog.
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pauses jobs that reach the process. Available if no jobs are using the process. The option displays
as a context menu option when you right-click a process.
Settings: Opens the Process Settings dialog.
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In Workflow Builder, select Options > Processes to display the Processes dialog.
2.
Select a process and select Take Offline/Set Online to change the status.
3.
Close the Processes dialog.
Setting the number of concurrent processes and the copy count
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The Process Settings for the Process dialog allows you to:
• Select the number of concurrent processes. This sets the number of instances of a process
• Select the number of concurrent processes. This sets the number of instances of a process
that can be used to concurrently process jobs.
• Place the process online or offline.
• Turn the copy count divisor functionality on or off, available for Imposition only.
• Turn the copy count divisor functionality on or off, available for Imposition only.
To set the number of concurrent processes
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In Workflow Builder, select Options > Processes to display the Processes dialog.
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Select a process, then select Settings to open the Process Settings for Process dialog.
3.
Select the number of concurrent processes, from 1-4.
4.
As appropriate, select or clear the check box to place the process online.
5.
Select OK to accept the changes and close the Process Settings for Process dialog.
6.
Close the Processes dialog.
About hot folders
The hot folder function allows you to designate one or more folders on your system to be
monitored, at set intervals, by the Process Manager application. When a file is detected in a hot
folder, it is automatically submitted to the workflow associated with that hot folder.
monitored, at set intervals, by the Process Manager application. When a file is detected in a hot
folder, it is automatically submitted to the workflow associated with that hot folder.
Hot folders and Join
To process multiple files as a single joined file, you can:
• Use a Zip file to submit the jobs to a hot folder.
• Submit an .xml workflow with a folder to a dynamic workflow.
• Submit an .xml workflow with a Zip file to a dynamic workflow.
• Use a Zip file to submit the jobs to a hot folder.
• Submit an .xml workflow with a folder to a dynamic workflow.
• Submit an .xml workflow with a Zip file to a dynamic workflow.
If you do not use these methods to submit multiple files to a hot folder, each file is processed as
a separate job, even if the associated workflow contains a Join task.
a separate job, even if the associated workflow contains a Join task.
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