Process Scheduler Section

After you set trace values, use the Process Scheduler section to set the environment variables that are associated with PeopleSoft Process Scheduler.

WARNING:

The default values for PS_HOME here and in future sections assume that you set up SQR, and nVision locally on the batch server. You can point to those items on the file server, but, if so, you must use a full path. You cannot use a PS_HOME environment variable because PSADMIN employs the PS_HOME environment variable to point to a local directory on the batch server.

Parameter Description

PrcsServerName

Specify the process server name. The server name must begin with a letter and can contain a maximum of 8 characters. This value must also match the name defined in the Server Definition table, such as PSNT.

DBBIN

Enter the path to the database drivers (that is, your connectivity software).

Max Reconnect Attempt

Specify the maximum number of attempts that the PeopleSoft Process Scheduler Server Agent tries reconnecting to the database when the connection is lost. When the maximum number of attempts is reached, and the agent hasn’t successfully connected to the database, the agent shuts down.

Reconnection Interval

Specify the interval, in seconds, between attempts to reconnect to the database when the connection is lost.

Authentication Timeout

Specify the duration, in minutes, allotted before PeopleTools security module times-out authenticating a process released by Process Scheduler. The timer starts from the time Process Scheduler initiates the request

Allow Dynamic Changes

Specify dynamic changes to certain settings without having to reboot the domain. The settings that can be dynamically changed are Recycle Count, Consecutive Service failures, Trace SQL, Trace Mask SQL, TracePC, TracePCMask, TracePpr, TracePprMask, Log Fence, Enable DB Monitoring, and Enable Debugging.

Log/Output Directory

Specify the directory in which files that are generated by the program are written. When PeopleSoft Process Scheduler initiates a process request, it creates a subdirectory in the format <Process Type ID>_<Program Name>_<Process Instance> that contains the generated files. For instance, the SQR program has all the reports, trace, and log files in the subdirectory SQR_XRFWIN_20. It is also the optional directory used with the Output Destination field when scheduling a request. This variable (%%OutputDirectory%%) can be used in the File/Printer field of the Process Scheduler Request dialog box.

Note: The output directory has an extra slash attached at the end.

Output Directory Optional Extension

Specify the optional subdirectory structure that can be appended to the designated Log/Output Directory.

Additional meta-string that can be used include:

  • Userid—%OPRID%

  • Contentid—%REPORTID%

  • Process Instance—%PRCSINSTANCE%

  • Database Name— %DBNAME%

  • Process Name—%PRCSNAME%

  • Process Type—%PRCSTYPE%

  • Scheduler Server Name— %SERVER%

  • Current Date— %CURRDATE%

  • Current Hour—%CURRHOUR%

  • Job Name— %JOBNAME%

  • Job Instance— %JOBINSTANCE%

For example, %CURRDATE%\%CURRHOUR%.

LogFence

Enter the PeopleSoft Process Scheduler tracing levels, such as 3.

Note: By default, the LogFence value is set to 3. Set the value to 5 to generate a more detailed log file.

LogSizeLimit

See System and Server Administration: LogSizeLimit.

LogFieldSeparator

See System and Server Administration: LogFieldSeparator.

Trace-Log File Character Set

See System and Server Administration: Trace-Log File Character Set.

Log Directory

See System and Server Administration: Log Directory.

Log Space Threshold

Specify the space threshold, in megabytes (MB), for the log/output directory. Once the space goes below this threshold, the PeopleSoft Process Scheduler stops processing until more disk space becomes available. The Server Monitor shows a status of Suspended — Disk Low.

File Chunk Size

Specify the size of memory in KB, allocated to store the value read from a file when transferring files to the Report Repository via HTTP.

The default is 4096 KB (4 MB).

CBLBIN

Enter the path to COBOL executables, such as %PS_HOME%\CBLBIN.

TEMP

Enter the local temporary directory, such as %TEMP%.

TOOLBIN

Enter the location of the PeopleTools executables, such as %PS_HOME%\bin\client\winx86.

TOOLBINSRV

Enter the location of the server version of PeopleTools executables, such as %PS_HOME%\bin\server\winx86.

WINWORD

Enter the path to Microsoft Word executables, such as c:\apps\office97\winword.

Note: If spaces exist in the path, you must modify the Process Type Definition and add quotes around the entry in the Command Line field, for example " %%WINWORD%%\WINWORD.EXE". These must be in the batch server environment.

DEFAULTPRINTER

Enter the universal naming convention (UNC) path of the printer where reports are printed when the %DefaultPrinter% was specified as the output destination.

Update Table Stats on Purge

Set to run statistics for the Process Request and Report Manager tables during the Process Scheduler server purge process.

0: Disable.

1: Enable.

Note: This flag is ignored if the DBFlags bitfield parameter is disabled.

The following table lists the possible values for LogFence:

Level Type of Tracing

0

Status information.

1

General errors.

2

Warnings.

3

Informational.

4

Tracing Level 1.

5

Tracing Level 2 (detail).

See Log and Output Directory.