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
.
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NextGen® Background Business Processor Help 8
Make Servers Available or Unavailable
Packages can run only on servers that are designated as available in the NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager. By default, the NextGen® Background Business Processor makes all servers you add to the Server List available. Select the Server List tab in the NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager. Highlight the server in the list and right-click. Select either Make Available or Make Unavailable from the shortcut menu. Note: Another way to set availability for a server is to select or clear the Available? check box on the Server Properties window. Parent topic: Configure Servers for NextGen Background Business Processor Related tasks View or Change Server Properties
NextGen® Background Business Processor Help 8
NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine Service Operations
You can start, stop or pause the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine service from: The Engine menu on the NextGen® Background Business Processor Manager main toolbar. The list of services in the Services section of the Microsoft Windows Control Panel: Control Panel > Administrative Tools > Services Note: You should stop the NextGen® Background Business Processor Engine service on all NextGen® Background Business Processor Servers prior to performing any upgrade. Parent topic: Configure Servers for NextGen Background Business Processor
NextGen® Background Business Processor Help 8
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
NextGen® Background Business Processor Help 8
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
NextGen® Background Business Processor Help 8
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 Help 8
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
