Batch queuing to specific users and stations

You can set up a batch workflow task to allow a user or station to queue the next task to another user or station. Many combinations of users and stations can be set up in your web client to open a batch and queue the next task to another user or station.

You can define the users and stations that can open and process a batch through a task. Setting up queuing is optional. You must set up the Store field on a prior task that is performed by the target user or station, so it is available for use by a subsequent task. For example, if the goal is for the user who scans batches to verify all of the batches that they scanned, then set up Store User ID on the scan task and Queue by User on the verify task. Each time a task runs that is configured to Store user or station information, any previously stored user or station information for the batch is overwritten.

The Workflow tab provides you with the ability to change these settings. Changing the settings does not affect batches that are already queued.

The task's Queue by field lets you identify the combination of user ID and station ID that can open a batch that is queued for this task. The options for the Queue by field are:

• None: Any user on any station can open the batch (default setting). If a batch is assigned to a user or station in the Job Monitor, then the Queue by None setting for that batch is overridden and only the assigned user or station can access the batch.
• Station: Only the station that stored the batch can open the batch.
• User: Only the user that stored the batch can open the batch.
• Other Station: The station that stored the batch cannot open the batch.
• Other User: The user that stored the batch cannot open the batch.
• Station and User: Only the same station and the same user that stored the batch can open the batch.
• Station and Other User: Only a different user on the station that stored the batch can open the batch.
• User and Other Station: Only the same user on a different station can open the batch.
• Other Station and Other User: Only a different user on a different station can open the batch.

Ensure that the option you choose for the Store field provides the information that is required by the task that occurs later in the workflow. The options for the Store field are:

• None: No user ID or station ID is stored (default setting).
• Station ID: Stores the station ID with the batch.
• User ID: Stores the user ID with the batch.
• Station ID and User ID: Stores the station ID and the user ID with the batch.