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Adjutant has some services that can be installed to offload some of the background work, and do some other processing.

They all are installed using a program named Service Mill that allows standard Windows EXEs to run as Windows Services.

Service Summary¶

Service Restart - Restarts the Service Checker every 15 minutes. Service Checker - Monitors the status of the other services and restarts as needed. Event Processor - Processes Web Events, and runs other Event based processes. Note Reader - Reads an email mailbox using POP, and creates notes in Adjutant based on a set of rules. Inbox Reader - Reads a email mailboc using POP, and transfers attached files to other folders based on a set of rules. ItemDet Update Service - Offloads OHF Counter processing from the desktop version to a service. PDF Maker - Creates standard reports for the web version of Adjutant. Resouce Time Import - Imports resources and Time entries from a External Time Clock program. RSS Feed Generator - Generates RSS feeds from ECR Information. Task Reader - Reads an email inbox, and creates support svrords based on a set of rules.

All of the services are installed the same way, using the service mill front end to install a new Service mill service

Service Install Instructions¶

Bring up the Service+ screen, right click on the local computer in the tree, pick ALL Tasks, Install New Service Mill Service

Screen 1

Name1 and Name2 come from the Short Names List Name3 can be anything

Click on Next

Screen 2 Select the matching EXE from the Adjutant Folder

Check the When the service Stops button, set the time to 15 seconds

Click on Next

Screen 3 Select This Account, pick an account that has local admin rights (and full access to the adjutant folders and subfolders and the dropfolders and subfolders) , enter the password

Change to Startup Type to Automatic

Click on OK

You should be able to start the service at this time (either right click and pick start, or click on it, and click the start button in the tool bar)

Service Restart¶

Reads AdjServiceRestart.txt to get the name of Service Checker Service

Can either run under the local services account, or under a local admin level account.

Service Checker¶

Reads serviceabis.dbf in the same folder to get the service names and Adjutant ExtLog names for the other installed services. This table contains a list of the services to monitor. They are checked for running status via the service manager, and the Adjutant External Log table is checked also. If they appear to have stopped, they are restarted.

Needs to run under a local admin level account

Can be installed in main Adjutant folder, or in seperate services folder.

Event Processor¶

Processes events for all CIDs marked with Include in Service Process.

Needs to run under a local admin level account

Can be installed in main Adjutant folder, or in seperate services folder.

Note Reader¶

Reads poptext.txt to load settings

Needs to run under a local admin level account

Can be installed in main Adjutant folder, or in seperate services folder.

Inbox Reader¶

Reads inboxtext.txt to load settings

Needs to run under a local admin level account

Can be installed in main Adjutant folder, or in seperate services folder.

ItemDet Update¶

Needs to have XXXX CID option set.

Needs to run under a local admin level account

Can be installed in main Adjutant folder, or in seperate services folder.

PDF Maker ¶

Needs to run under a local admin level account

Needs to be installed in a folder other than the main Adjutant folder. Copies of the major transaction forms need to put into the same folder, with all needed images (INV,PO,SO,RFQ, Service Order)

Resource Time Import¶

Needs to run under a local admin level account

Can be installed in main Adjutant folder, or in seperate services folder.

RSS Feed Generator¶