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Process automation makes it easy to schedule processes that the batch server runs. The updated calendar view of the scheduled work lets end users view and take action on scheduled and completed work.
Administration
You can find the central administration page for all process automations in the System Administration module under the Setup menu. This page lists all automated processes (series) that are set up in the system. You can also add new process automations directly from this page. After you set up a series, you can manage each series from this list. You can choose to edit the entire series, delete it, view all occurrences in a list view, or disable the series if you want to pause the scheduled work.
Use the Background processes tab on this page to administer any background processes that are running in your environment. Select Edit to make schedule changes for any background process. These changes can include a sleep time period that causes the process to pause running for a specified period each day. Select View most recent results to view the execution results for each background process.
When you disable a process in feature management, it doesn't show in the list. Also, the process automation scheduling engine doesn't schedule any occurrences or background processes for a disabled feature. When you re-enable the feature, the process automation scheduling engine runs any scheduled occurrences or background processes that are in the past immediately. The process automation scheduling engine relies on the system batch job, Process automation polling system job, to run. Don't alter or tamper with this job. If this batch job isn't running, or it's in an error state, select Initialize process automation to reset the batch job. This reset ensures that the system initializes any new automations introduced in a more recent version of the application.
Calendar view
One of the key benefits of process automation is the ability to see the scheduled work in a simple calendar view. This view allows you to see work for a week at a time. You see this view on the right side of the Process automation page. It populates with the scheduled work for the selected series.
Occurrence changes
You can modify each occurrence without impacting other occurrences defined by the series that originated them. You can edit occurrences of scheduled work from the calendar view by selecting the View/Edit button and selecting Occurrence. This page provides access to all the settings originally shown in the series setup wizard and provides the ability to make a one-off change for the selected occurrence. You can also turn off an occurrence of scheduled work by selecting the Disable button from the calendar view.
Developer documentation
By using the process automation framework, developers can extend the process automation framework. The Process automation framework documentation provides information about how you can create custom processes that you require to be run by the batch server scheduled by using the process automation wizard and appear in the calendar view automatically.