The new Background Scheduler Dashboard enhancement allows FACTS administrators to schedule background activities. The browser displays each of the background processes currently scheduled, including the process code and description, run frequency, next scheduled run date and time, last run date and time and result. You can modify the schedule for a background process using this screen. You can select the Detail button to view the background process code and description, program that generated the alert, the last scheduled and non-scheduled run times, standard run method and retry time interval. Select the Show History button to access the Background Processor Results screen to review results file details for the alert highlighted in the browser. The display includes the background alert process code and description, start and completion dates/times for the alert, the alert result status, error code, run time and user code that generated the alert.
The available background processes are:
System Alert Miner (A1), which is used to process alert to facilitate any actions needed to feed into the Buyers Control Center and Exception Control Center.
Replenishment Calculations (R1), which is used to process replenishment routines for usage rollup, warehouse rank, and warehouse item controls.
Replenishment Calculations (R2), which is used to process replenishment routines for warehouse rank and warehouse item controls.
Replenishment Calculations (R3), which is used to process replenishment routines for warehouse item controls only.
Replenishment Calculations (R4), which is used to process replenishment routines for seasonality analysis.
System Clean Up (S1), which used to remove closed alerts and background processing history in the FACTS system. The settings for the System Clean Up background process are entered in System Clean Up F/M (SMF993).