Creating a Datacap Maintenance Manager application

Datacap Maintenance Manager applications setup batch monitoring, status notification, and automatic deletion of completed batches.

About this task

Before you create a Datacap Maintenance Manager application, you must be familiar with the following tasks:

Creating and modifying Datacap applications by using Datacap Studio
Running Datacap applications by using a Datacap client
The basic structure of Datacap batches and how batches move through the various stages in the Datacap workflow

You will need to start or ensure the Datacap Server Service is started before beginning these tasks.

Starting Datacap Studio to use the Application wizard
To use the Application wizard to copy an application, start Datacap Studio without opening an application.
Creating a Datacap Maintenance Manager application on Datacap Studio
You can use Datacap Studio to create a Maintenance Manager application to set up batch monitoring, status notification, and automatic deletion of completed batches.
Updating the datacap.xml file on the Datacap server
The datacap.xml file on the Datacap server must contain references to the applications. The file must also contain the locations of the applications that are indicated in the file and that you are configuring for use.
Setting the location of the Datacap Server and the Datacap.xml file
You must define the location of the datacap.xml and the location of the Datacap Server for the application that you want to run.
Setting Datacap Maintenance Manager account security permissions for the Datacap\NENU application folder
When the Datacap Server is running Windows, you must set up the appropriate security for the Datacap Maintenance Manager account on the Datacap Server shared c:\Datacap\NENU application folder.
Setting Datacap Maintenance Manager account security permissions for the monitored application folder
When the Datacap Server is running Windows, you must set up the appropriate security for the Datacap Maintenance Manager account. Set up this security on the Datacap Server application folder such as c:\Datacap\APT.
Opening the Datacap Maintenance Manager application
You use Datacap Studio to open the Datacap Maintenance Manager application.
Deleting rulesets from a Datacap Maintenance Manager application
New RRS applications that you create by using the Datacap Studio Application wizard contain a default ruleset structure that monitors only another application. You can delete this default ruleset structure from the Datacap Maintenance Manager application.
Adding actions to a Datacap Maintenance Manager application
You can create a simple ruleset with actions that check the status of batches within a specified application workflow and email the results to an administrator.
Running a rule set with Datacap Maintenance Manager
You can run a rule set manually on Datacap Maintenance Manager. Running Maintenance Manager manually is useful when you want to test the rule set before you set up Windows Scheduler to run it automatically.
Configuring Windows Task Scheduler to automatically run a ruleset
AutoDelete batches with Datacap Maintenance Manager
Earlier versions of Datacap included an AutoDelete utility to automatically delete unwanted batches. This function is now available through Datacap Maintenance Manager.