Background Scheduler Dashboard (SME910)

The Background Scheduler Dashboard 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.

System-wide process changes

The Background Scheduler Dashboard does not allow running a process unscheduled, changes to process execution, or disabling of the process which result in company overrides. Changes to a System Wide process require updating in the Meta> System Background Process FM program.

Right-click menu options

You can right-click a line in the browser and display the menu options for both system-wide and non system-wide background processes.
For a process that is System Wide, the “Disable for This Company” option will be excluded from the right click menu.

Options for System Wide processes include:

Refresh-to refresh the information in the browser display.
Show History-to display the Background Process results screen, where you can delete background process results information.
Start Now-to access the start screen for the background process.
Bounce-for continuous processes, the Bounce option forces the selected process to complete/stop. Because the Bounce option is only for Continuous processes, the selected process will re-launch automatically.
In the Show History screen, for a process that was "Bounced", the Result Column displays "Interrupted" and the Shutdown Reason Column displays "Bounced".

Options for Non System Wide processes also include the Disable for This Company option. The Disable screen displays the Process Code and Description to allow you to verify proper process is being edited. You can enter the Disable Until date and time for the specified background process.

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.

Publish XML to destinations (I1-BKC201), which is used to publish XML content, both internally and for ION.

ION Database Output Writer (I2-BKC202), which is used to deliver the XML in the SMXOUT file to ION.

ION Database Inbox Handler (I3-BKC203), which is used to retrieve XML from ION’s inbox and deliver them to the polling directory.

ION Database Inbox Cleaner (I4-BKC204), which is used to remove processed XML records from ION’s inbox and outbox.

Replenishment Calculations (R1-BKC600), which is used to process replenishment routines for usage rollup, warehouse rank, and warehouse item controls.

Replenishment Calculations (R2-BKC601), which is used to process replenishment routines for warehouse rank and warehouse item controls.

Replenishment Calculations (R3-BKC603), which is used to process replenishment routines for warehouse item controls only and auto-calculations in the Buyers Control Center (POE400).

Replenishment Calculations (R4-BKC604), which is used to process replenishment routines for seasonality analysis.

Usage Review and Update (R5-BKC606), which is used to process replenishment routines for usage.

System Clean Up (S1-BKC605), which is used to remove closed alerts and background processing history in the FACTS system.

Rebuild Sort Files (S2 – BKC608), which is used to rebuild the sort files in place, eliminating the need to lock the source files during a rebuild. S2 handles AP, AR, MC, PO, IC, SO and RM sort files. The default is to run this monthly on the 15th of the month, at 1AM.

System Data Updater (S3 – BKC609), which is used to make various direct updates to the FACTS data. The program updates the status of expired quotes once they are expired. By default, S3 is run at daily 12:30 AM.

Click Detail 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, as well as indicators for system Wide processes.

Click Run Unscheduled to start background processing at non-scheduled times. Note that you cannot run an unscheduled process execution for system-wide processes.

Click Show History to access the Background Processor Results screen to review results file details for the alert highlighted in the browser. For alerts, 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. For replenishment calculations and system clean up, the display includes the process code and description, program number, last scheduled and non-scheduled run date and time and the run frequency.