How to Setup Job Queue in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2

Let us first understand what we are going to discuss in the next 20 minutes of your precious time. Lot of people ping me asking about the Job Queue in Navision so I thought of writing an article about it so that I could give a clear picture of the working of Job Queue in Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2.

Job Queue is a collection of Jobs which are running in the background which can schedule a Codeunit or a Report to run automatically in the background performing operations. Job Queue can be recurring or a one time thing. If no Job Queue is running then none of the Job Queue Entries will be running either. Job Queues can also be scheduled using NAS. 

Read the full setup of NAS : How to setup NAS (Navision Application Server) for Microsoft Dynamics Nav 2013 R2?

Where can I find Job Queue in RTC?

In your Role Tailored Client, Follow the following hierarchy in the Left Menu Pane:

Departments -> Administration -> Application Setup -> Job Queue

Configuring Job Queue

• Job Queue run in Categories. Open the Job Queue Category List and Create a new Category as TEST.

• Job Queue Entries are the lowest level in the hierarchy. Follow the steps below to setup Job Queue Entries:

• Open the Job Queue Entries.
• Click on New to create a New Job Queue Entry.
• In this article we are setting up a Codeunit 50000 to Test Job Queue functionality, so we mention Codeunit in Object Type and enter 50000 in the Object ID. 
• Mention the Category Filter as 'TEST'. Complete the form with required details and then Click OK.
• Click on Set Status to Ready in the top menu bar.
• Now you will see that the Status of the Job Entry will change from 'On Hold' to 'Ready'.

Note : The Job Entry which is created will not run even if its is in ready state as there is no Job Queue started or having Job Queue Category Filter as 'TEST'.

• Now we have to Create a new Job Queue, for that follow the steps below:

• Open the Job Queue.
• Click on New to Create a New Entry in the Job Queue.
• Enter the Name and Description of the Job Queue and put the Job Queue Category Filter as 'TEST' and then click OK.

Running a Job Queue Manually

Click on the Job Queue and then Click on Start Job Queue. While running the Job Queue manually make sure that in the NAS Setting of the Job Queue, the Start Automatically From NAS is unchecked otherwise the Job Queue will not start manually.

Running a Job Queue using NAS

• Open the specific Job Queue you want to schedule using NAS. Check the boolean Start Automatically From NAS.
• Go to the Microsoft Dynamics NAV 2013 R2 Administration. Create a service specially for NAS scheduling of Job Queue.
• In the NAS Services tab, fill the Startup Codeunit as 450 which the Codeunit for Job Queue. 

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