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Background Queue Properties
The properties in the following table are defined in the wt.properties file. Use the properties described in the table to configure background queues:
Property
Description
wt.manager.cmd.param.5
Globally defines queue groups to a method server when running a single background method server.
Default is Default.
For additional information, see Configuring Background Method Servers.
wt.manager.cmd."+ServiceName+"param.5
Assigns queue groups for a specific background method server (ServiceName) when running more than one background method server.
For additional information, see Configuring Background Method Servers.
wt.queue.execEntriesCount
Specific to process queues, defines the number of entries queried from the queue to be executed. This property also controls the thread pool size for pool queues if not specifically defined for these queue types.
Default is 6.
wt.queue.executeQueues
Establishes whether a method server is used to execute background queues. Set this property to false when you do not want a method server to execute any background queues. Setting this property to false overrides any wt.queue.queueGroup property that is set.
Default is false.
wt.queue.max.processQueues
Sets the maximum number of process queues that the queue service creates before throwing an exception.
Default is 25.
wt.queue.max.scheduleQueues
Sets the maximum number of schedule queues that the queue service creates before throwing an exception.
Default is 16.
wt.queue.PoolQueue."+queueName+".threadPoolSize
Specific to pool queues, defines the number of entries queried from the queue to be executed. This property also controls the size of the thread pool for this pool queue. You should configure this property for existing pool queues.
wt.queue.removeCompleted
Specifies whether successfully completed entries are removed from the Windchill database. If they are not removed, they can overflow the database storage capacity.
Default is true (to remove).
wt.queue."+queueName+".removeFailedEntries
Determines whether failed entries are automatically removed.
Default is false (to not remove).
wt.queue."+queueName+".exceptionRetries
Determines whether failed execution entries are retried. These retries occur back to back, with no wait time.
Default is 0.