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Chapter 6 Creating new jobs 80
The Options dialog box in the Batch Manager is in the Tools menu. Its General panel has an
option Enable OmniPage Agent on system tray at system startup. By default it is on. It must
remain selected for jobs to run at their scheduled time. The option is provided so it is possible
to prevent all jobs from running without having to disable them individually. Its state also
governs the running of barcode cover page jobs.
The General panel lets you limit the number of pages allowed in an output document, even if
the file option Create one file for all pages is selected. When the limit is reached, a new file is
started, distinguished by a numerical suffix.
Click Finish to confirm job creation.
Modifying jobs
Jobs with an inactive status can be modified. Select the job in the left panel of the Batch
Manager and choose Modify from the Edit menu or click the Modify Job button. First,
modify timing instructions as desired. Then the Workflow Assistant appears with the
workflow steps and settings loaded. Make the desired changes as already described for
workflows. See “Modifying workflows” above.
Managing and running jobs
This is done with the Batch Manager. It has two panels. The left panel lists each job, its next
run, status and history. The status is:
Waiting: Scheduled but job start time is in the future.
Running: Processing is currently underway.
Watching: Watching is in progress but there is no processing.
Inactive: Created with timing instruction: D
o not start now; or
any deactivated jobs.
Expired: Scheduled job but start time is in the past.
Collecting: Watching in progress but the job is waiting for all
in
coming files to arrive.
Paused: User has paused the job and not yet resumed it.
Closing: Watch type job is saving its result.
Starting: The status right before Running. Displays when a job
i
s just being started or when more jobs are about to
run than the number of jobs Batch Manager can
simultaneously run.