Cisco Cisco Workload Automation 6.3 User Guide

Controlling Production

Queue Procedures

Deleting Queues

A queue can only be deleted if no jobs are waiting in it or currently running from it. 

To delete a queue:

Disable the queue:

From the Navigator pane, select Definitions>Queues

 to display the Queues pane.

Right-click the queue and from the context menu select Disable Queue or double-click the queue, and clear the 
Enabled option in the Queue Definition dialog.

When the queue is empty of jobs, select the queue to delete.

Right-click and select Delete Queue from the context menu or click the Delete button on the CWA toolbar or press 
the D

 key on your keyboard.

Click OK in the confirmation dialog to delete the queue.

Deleting Queue Filters

Queue filters determine how jobs are assigned to queues. You can delete queue filter criteria from a queue definition at 
any time.

To delete a queue filter:

From the Navigator pane, select Definitions>Queues

 to display the Queues pane.

Right-click the queue and from the context menu select the Edit Queue option or double-click the queue to display 
the Queue Definition dialog.

Click the Filters tab. 

Select the filter you want to delete and click Delete. 

Excluded criteria are marked with a minus (-) symbol.

Disabling Queues

If you disable (deactivate) a queue that is currently in use, it will no longer accept new jobs, but all jobs that are currently 
running in it will run to completion. 

To disable a queue:

From the Navigator pane, select Definitions>Queues

 to display the Queues pane.

Right-click the queue and from the context menu select Disable Queue or double-click the queue and clear the 
Enabled option in the Queue Definition dialog.

Editing a Queue

You can change the properties of a queue at any time, even while it is in use.

To edit a queue:

From the Navigator pane, select Definitions>Queues

 to display the Queues pane.