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Create Packages

A package is a container that holds all the jobs that you want to execute for a specific schedule.

  1. Select New from the Packages menu on the NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager main toolbar.
    The Package Properties window opens.

  2. Enter a name for the package in the Package name field.
  3. Set a priority for the package in the Priority field.
  4. Select one of the following action on Upon completion list when the package processing is completed.
    • Do not notify: No notification email sent to any recipients on package success or failure
    • Notify on completion: Notification email sent to recipients on completion, regardless of whether package processing succeeds or fails
    • Notify on failed or Completed with failures: Notification email sent to recipients when package processing has either failed or completed with failure of one or more jobs
    • Notify on success: Notification email sent to recipients only when package processing succeed
  5. On Notification e-mail, enter the email address for the recipients of the email notification that is generated when the condition indicated in the Upon completion field is met.
  6. On the Server tab, select one or more servers that you want to permit to run the package. The package will run on the first permitted server that picks it up.
  7. Create one or more jobs for the package.