NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service Operations

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Install the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service

The NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service is a program that runs in the background on the computer on which it is installed. Its job is to regularly query the NextGen database to determine if there are any packages to run on the server. To execute the requested processes, the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service launches modules of the NextGen® Enterprise PM application or the Report Server behind the scenes to perform the needed tasks. For example, if you use the NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager to set up pending paper claims to print automatically every day at 3:00 PM, the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service sees the NextGen® Background Business Processor setting recorded in the NextGen database. The NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager acts upon it by launching NextGen® Enterprise PM in the background at 3:00 PM and commanding it to print all pending paper claims. Note: The computer running the NextGen® Backg

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View or Change Server Properties

Select the Server List tab in the NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager. Highlight a server in the list. Select Servers > Open to access the Server Properties window. If you want to change the availability of the server, activate or de-activate the Available check box and select OK. Parent topic: Configure Servers for NextGen Background Business Processor

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Configure Servers for NextGen® Background Business Processor

You must select a server for NextGen® Background Business Processor to use when it performs automated NextGen® Enterprise PM processes. To create a server that is eligible for NextGen® Background Business Processor to use, install the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine service on it. On the Server List tab, the NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager lists each server on the network on which the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service exists. The Server List provides the following information for each NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service installation: The domain and server name for the server on which the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service is installed If the service is available If the service is running The last time the service was started and stopped The total duration of the package that it had run last The server capacity percentage A Gantt chart of each package based on the time The package server schedule An op

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Uninstall the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service

Log into the NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager on the system that is running the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service. Select the Uninstall Engine Service option from the Engine menu located on the NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager main toolbar. The NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager asks you to confirm the removal. Select Yes. Note: The entry for the server no longer appears in the Server List on the NextGen® Background Business Processor main window or in the list on the Servers tab of the Package Properties window. Parent topic: Configuring NextGen Background Business Processor

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Configuring NextGen® Background Business Processor

You must meet the following requirements for NextGen® Background Business Processor configuration: The .NET Framework v4.6.2 is installed on your computer The NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service is installed on your computer The NextGen® Background Business Processor security rights is configured in the System Administrator application The NextGen® Background Business Processor preferences is configured in NextGen® Background Business Processor. The enterprise and practice for which NextGen® Background Business Processor functions are selected Note: Running NextGen® Enterprise PM processes in the background can be very demanding on the capabilities of your servers. Scheduling NextGen® Background Business Processor packages to run in NextGen® Enterprise PM helps. However, if you overload your servers with processes that run simultaneously, you may be dissatisfied with the results. NextGen Healthcare suggests that you experiment with scheduling NextGen® Background Busin

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Remove a Server from the Server List

There are two ways to remove a server from the Server List: Uninstall the NextGen® Background Business Processor Service Engine from the server. Delete the server in the NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager. NextGen Healthcare recommends that you remove a server from the Server List by uninstalling the NextGen® Background Business Processor Service engine from the server. You should delete a server only when the server has been physically disconnected from the network before the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service was uninstalled. If the server is still part of your network, but you want to remove the server from the NextGen® Background Business Processor Server List, uninstall the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service on the server. Select the Server List tab in the NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager. Highlight the server in the list and right-click. Select Delete from the shortcut menu. Select OK on the warning message. Select Y

NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service Operations

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Install the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service

View or Change Server Properties

Configure Servers for NextGen® Background Business Processor

Uninstall the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service

Configuring NextGen® Background Business Processor

Remove a Server from the Server List

Install the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service

View or Change Server Properties

Configure Servers for NextGen® Background Business Processor

Uninstall the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service

Configuring NextGen® Background Business Processor

Remove a Server from the Server List