Question:
For how many documents does a scheduled workflow start instances by default?
For how many documents does a scheduled workflow start instances by default?
Answer:
To ensure an ideal performance of a DocuWare system, the start of workflow
instances are limited to 100 documents each if the workflow is triggered by a schedule.
You can change this default value by following this guide:
To ensure an ideal performance of a DocuWare system, the start of workflow
instances are limited to 100 documents each if the workflow is triggered by a schedule.
You can change this default value by following this guide:
Note: This guide is for 7.1 or newer versions. For earlier versions, please have a look at this Article.
Step 1:
Go to your DocuWare Server and navigate to the path: %ProgramFiles%\DocuWare\Background Process Service
Step 2:
In this folder, you can find the following configuration files:
-DocuWare.BackgroundProcessService.LongLiving.GenericProcess.exe.config
-DocuWare.BackgroundProcessService.LongLiving.GenericProcess.x86.exe.config
Step 3:
Open these 2 Configs in a Text editor and find the following key:
<add key="ScheduledWorkflowMaxDocumentCount" value="100" />
Here, you can change the value to your desired instances per schedule.
Important Note:
You need to change the Value in both Files to the same number and save both of them.
Step 3:
Restart the “Background Process Service” in your DocuWare Service Control:
Important note:
Keep in mind that the higher the value becomes, it may affect the performance of a DocuWare system.
