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Queues

The System Overview item "Queues" lists all Queue objects including their states and settings.

The System Overview of client 0 displays the Queue objects of all clients.

Column	Description
Name	Name of the Queue object
Status	Status of the Queue object "STOP" - The execution of Queue objects has been stopped. "START" - The object can start in the queue. The queue's max. slots have been set to value "0" and no tasks can start. You can change the status via the context menu of the System Overview or the Activity Window.
Priority	Priority of queue tasks.
Max.slots	Max. parallel-running queue tasks. The displayed value always complies with the object definition (Attributes tab). Value "-1" signals that there is no queue limit.
Used slots	Number of active tasks that occupy a position in the Queue object. Note that this value can exceed the defined queue limit (max. slots) because of limit modifications or the execution of the command "Ignore Queue".
Hold	Number of queue tasks that have already reserved a slot but must not start because of the stopped execution of a queue, client or workflow (STOP).
Waiting	Number of queue tasks that are in the status "Waiting for queue slot" (Queue status: STOP).
Consider ERT	The Queue object includes the setting "Consider Estimated Runtime for Calculation".

Context Menu

The following commands in this form are only available for Queue objects:

Command	Description
Go Stop	Starts or stops the queue's execution of tasks. These modifications can also be made for several Queue objects at a time. Doing so requires that only Queue objects with the same status are selected.
Modify	Opens a dialog window that can be used to change a Queue object's priority and max. slots. The current values are displayed in the window. Modifications that are made for these settings are only valid until the next exception occurs or until a further manual modification is made.

Command

Description

Stop

Starts or stops the queue's execution of tasks.

These modifications can also be made for several Queue objects at a time. Doing so requires that only Queue objects with the same status are selected.

Modify

Opens a dialog window that can be used to change a Queue object's priority and max. slots. The current values are displayed in the window.

Modifications that are made for these settings are only valid until the next exception occurs or until a further manual modification is made.

General commands:

Command	Description
Edit	Opens the relevant Queue object.
Activity Window	Opens the Activity Window with a filter. Therefore, only the tasks of the selected Queue object are displayed.
Statistics and reports	Opens the statistics overview or the last report.
Search for usage	Opens the Search dialog which can be used to search for the objects that have been assigned to the Queue object.
Replace	Opens a Replace Use dialog that lists the objects in which the Queue object is used so that it can be replaced by another one.
Export to file	Exports the queue's list content to a CSV file.
Refresh	Refreshes the view.