Manage the Job Server Queue

The Job Server Queue is a list, or queue, of jobs submitted by clients (Inventor, AutoCAD, Vault, Autoloader) waiting to be processed. This queue is stored in and managed by the Vault Server.

Note: You must be an administrator to make changes to the Job Server Queue.

Release Availability

The Job Server feature is available in certain editions of Vault. Refer to the following table to determine if your Vault edition supports this feature.

	2012	2013	2014
Autodesk Vault Basic
Autodesk Vault Workgroup
Autodesk Vault Collaboration
Autodesk Vault Professional

Understand the Job Server Queue Dialog

The Job Server Queue dialog allows you to manage jobs that have been queued for publishing. On this dialog you can manually print jobs, resubmit a suspended job, review individual job details, and customize how job queue information is displayed.

Job Server Queue Details

This table describes the details of the Job Server Queue dialog.

Detail	Description
Job Type	The type of job that was submitted for processing. Visualization jobs display as Autodesk.Vault.DWF.Create, where is the file extension.
Submitted By	Displays the name of the user who submitted the job to the queue.
Submitted Date	Displays the date and time the job was submitted to the queue.
Job Processor	Displays the name of the computer that has taken the job from the queue for processing.
Description	Displays more information about the job in the queue. This field will also display the DWF Create: filename.
Status	Displays whether the job's status is Pending, Processing, or Error.
Results	Displays information only if the job has an error status.

Job Server Commands

This table describes the commands on the Job Server Queue dialog.

Command	Description
Close	Closes the Job Server Queue dialog.
Queued After	Filters the list by showing the first 1,000 jobs queued after the specified date and time.
Refresh	Refreshes the queue.
Re-Submit	Reprocesses a job that has encountered an error. This button is only enabled when a job has been placed in error state.
Remove	Deletes a submitted job from the queue.
Reset to Queue	Removes the reservation of a job by the job processor. Note: In Vault 2013 and 2013, this command is not on the toolbar by default. To add the command, click the toolbar list and select Add or Remove Buttons.
Print	Prints the current queue grid to the default printer.
Take Site Ownership	Transfers ownership of the job’s reservation to the current user’s Job Processor. When a site that has reserved jobs is deleted, or a back up is performed but the information is restored to a different site, the pending jobs are deleted from the queue. This feature allows administrators to claim ownership for processing the job before it is deleted. Note: In Vault 2012 and 2013, this command is not on the toolbar by default. To add the command, click the toolbar list and select Add or Remove Buttons.

Job Server Queue Tasks

The Job Server holds a list of jobs waiting to be processed.

Note: You must be an administrator to make changes to the Job Server Queue.

Access the Job Server Queue Dialog

Access the Job Server Queue by selecting Tools > Job Queue in the Vault Client.

Customize How the Job Server Queue Displays Information

Sort jobs by ID, Status, Description, Submitted Date, or by the user who submitted them by clicking on the column heading.
Note: The Job Server Queue dialog displays up to 1,000 jobs. A warning appears if there are more than 1,000 jobs in the queue.
Right-click on the column heading to customize the layout and view of the queue.
If you want to filter the list so that it only displays the jobs queued after a specific date and time, click the Queued After list and specify a date.

Manage Jobs in the Queue

Select a job that you want to modify and perform one of the following actions:
- If you want to delete the job from the queue, click Remove.
- If the job has an error status, click Re-Submit to reprocess the job.
- If you want to stop the job processor from processing a job but leave the job in the queue, click Reset to Queue.
  Note: In Vault 2012 and 2013, this command is not on the toolbar by default. To add the command, click the toolbar list and select Add or Remove Buttons.
- If you want to assign the task to the job processor on your workstation, click Take Site Ownership.
  Note: In Vault 2012 and 2013, this command is not on the toolbar by default. To add the command, click the toolbar list and select Add or Remove Buttons.
Click Print to send the grid to the default printer.
Click Refresh at anytime to update the queue.