This tab is only available if you are licensed for Workflow, have the Workflow Administrative Processing Privileges product right, and the -WFSRVR or the -WFSRVR,C switch applied to the Client module's shortcut. -WFSRVR,C can only be used to configure and does not execute timers.
The Workflow Server Queues tab in the Workstation Options dialog box is used for indicating the queues that need to be monitored for timer work by the Workflow server. Timer work is not performed automatically until the server is asked to monitor the queue. To open the Workflow Server Queues tab:
- Select User | Workstation Options.
- Click the Workflow Server Queues tab.
The first list is titled Workflow Servers. This is a list of Workflow servers. All queues monitored by the selected Workflow server are listed in the Assigned Queues list.
Queue names are prefaced with the life cycle to which they belong, displayed in brackets.
The second list is titled Available Workstations. It contains all workstations that have logged on to the database at least once. When a workstation is selected, the available timer queues are listed in the Available Queues list. Select any queue that you want to assign for monitoring and click Assign Queue. You can select multiple queues at one time by holding down either the Ctrl or Shift keyboard keys. The selected queue(s) will move to the Assigned Queues list and the workstation that was selected will become a Workflow Server and will be moved to the Workflow Servers list. You can unassign a queue at any time by selecting it from the Assigned Queues list and clicking Remove Queue. When all queues from a Workflow Server are unassigned, the Workflow Server workstation will be removed from the Workflow Servers list and will be placed in the Available Workstations list.
If you intend to delete a timer that belongs to a queue in the Assigned Queues list and it is the only timer in that queue, remove the queue from the Assigned Queues list and, if there are no more available queues for the workstation, remove the workstation from the Workflow Servers list before deleting the timer.
Timer work may also be executed manually by users with Administrative Processing Privileges for Workflow. In this case, the timer does not need to be added to the Workflow Server Queues. See Timer Work for details.
Tasks are suspended while the Workflow Server Queues tab is open. Upon closing this tab, tasks resume.