Configuring Job Processors

Configuring Job Processors using SAF Monitor

SAF Monitor is available in the ADMIN part of DPE web application. Also see Introduction to SAF Monitor.

To access the configuration of a job processor either select a module and click on the details button in the top menu or click directly on the module name.

On the details page, under the Module details you can find the Configuration area.

Polling Interval

Job processors are notified by DPE Server about newly scheduled jobs. As a fallback mechanism, when job notification fails, Job Processors poll for new jobs. Here you specifiy the polling interval in seconds.

Additional SAF Module specific configuration properties

Module	Property	Description
AudioFileConverter	Growing File Support	Enable support for growing WAV and BWF audio files. Only linear audio formats are supported.
AudioWaveformCreator	Growing File Support	Enable support for growing WAV and BWF audio files. Only linear audio formats are supported.
FileTransfer	Use operating system based file copy	Use SMB3 file copy (if available). This feature will not work with growing input files and blocks the output file from shared access.
ThumbnailCreator	Path to MCL	Path to Media Component Library (MCL).
VideoFileAnalyzer	Path to MCL	Path to Media Component Library (MCL).
VideoFileConverter	Path to MCL	Path to Media Component Library (MCL).
VideoProjectRenderer	Path to MCL	Path to Media Component Library (MCL).

Configuring Jobs

Inside the configuration area you can find a list of configured job types that you can edit.

Editing a Job

To edit a job you have to:

Select one job
Press the Edit button

or

Click on the job type you want to edit in the list

both

3. Will open a dialog that let you edit the quota and the condition

4. Press Ok to edit the job in the configuration list

Job Quota

The quota for a job type specifies the allowed maximum concurrency, i.e. how many jobs of a type may be executed concurrently inside a single Job Processor. The specified quota should be based on the amount of CPU cores available on your machine.

Job Conditions

Optionally Job processors can be limited to process only jobs that fulfill specified job conditions. The job conditions are specified using SQL syntax and are based on job properties.

Typical uses cases for job conditions are:

regionalization, i.e. run jobs near to the files processed
priority, i.e. run high prio jobs in exclusive job processors
size, i.e. run jobs in different job processors depending on their size
reservation, i.e. run certain jobs in reserved job processors

The following job properties are available:

The property Description contains the job description as XML, e.g.

XML

<ConvertAudioFileJob xmlns="">
  <InputFilePath>\\silo\media\vm-sql-digas\galileo\MultiCoder_SOAP_1_VM-DPEPROC_28-02-2018_02-00-00.wav</InputFilePath>
  <OutputFilePath>\\silo\media\vm-sql-digas\galileo\MultiCoder_SOAP_1_VM-DPEPROC_28-02-2018_02-00-00.mp3</OutputFilePath>
  <OutputFormat>[FILETYPE]RAW[FORMAT]MPEG-LAYER3</OutputFormat>
  <OutputMetadata />
</ConvertAudioFileJob>

Condition exemples

Condition Example #1

Goal: Reserve a job processor for a certain type of workflow.

Solution: Identify job by a specified, special Priority value, e.g. 27

How to:

Edit job condition, e.g. for ConvertAudioFile
Trigger workflow with a specified Priority, e.g. in WorkflowTableWatcher (SafAdministration.exe)

Save or Cancel your configuration changes

To save your changes on the configuration, you have to

Press the Apply button at the bottom of the details page, that will redirect you to the SAF Monitor page and save your changes.

To cancel your changes on the configuration, you have to

Press the Cancel button at the bottom of the details page, that will redirect you to the SAF Monitor page and revert the changes.

Other configurations

Auto start configuration

You can chose to start your module at the server launch with this option.

Configuring Job Processors using SafAdministration.exe

All Job Processors are configured using the SAF Administration application which can be found in the previously specified installation folder:

Also see Introduction to SAF Administration.

General SAF Module Settings

See Configuring General SAF Module Settings.

Common SAF Module Configuration Properties

All modules in Job Processors have some configuration properties in common: Polling Interval, Job Quota and Job Condition.