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To Start a Background Engine

If you are using the standalone version of Oracle Workflow, then use the WF_ENGINE.BACKGROUND() API to start up a background engine. Sample scripts that repeatedly run the background engine are provided with the standalone version of Oracle Workflow. You can use the procedures in the DBMS_JOB package to schedule and manage the background engine as a database job. See: Background and Managing Job Queues, Oracle Administrator's Guide.

If you are using the version of Oracle Workflow embedded in Oracle Applications, you can start a background engine by submitting the Background Process concurrent program using the Submit Requests form. See: To Schedule Background Engines

Note: Make sure you have a least one background engine that can check for timed out activities, one that can process deferred activities, and one that can handle stuck processes. At a minimum, you need to set up one background engine that can handle both timed out and deferred activities as well as stuck processes.

See: Setting Up Background Engines

See: To Set Engine Thresholds

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