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Is there a way for me to use Power Automate to re-enable job queue which fails?

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Hi Community,
 
I have many job queues that I need to managed and I don't need to know why they fail.
 
I wonder if there is any way for me to use Power Automate to re-enable job queue which fails?
 
Or if there is anyway for the failed job queues to be reenabled back automatically?
 
 
Thank you.
 
Josh
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    Yash_Mistry Profile Picture
    527 on at
    Hello,

    In  Business Central, there is already a standard feature called Maximum No. of Attempts to Run, where you can specify the maximum number of attempts. Business Central will automatically retry the Job Queue if it fails.



    and if you want to use Automate there is a trigger called When a business event occurs where you can Select event shown below and try again.


     
    Hope this helps resolve your issue.
    If this solution was helpful, please consider marking it as Verified Answer.
     
    Thanks,
    Yash Mistry
     
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    NAV_with_Narang Profile Picture
    2,384 Moderator on at

    Hi @joshtechsolutions,

    You can set job queues to retry using Maximum No. of Attempts or even trigger them via Power Automate. But the real focus should be on why they are failing in the first place.

    From experience, common causes are deadlocks or concurrency issues. For example, the job queue may be trying to process data while users are actively working, which leads to update conflicts. These are genuine system-level issues. Simply forcing the job queue to restart doesn’t solve the problem and can actually make it worse over time.

    If your scenario doesn’t fall into these categories, then frequent failures are not expected. If the job queues are custom, there is likely an issue in the logic that needs to be reviewed. If they are standard, they should generally run on schedule without repeated failures, so it could be specific data causing the issue.

    There’s a difference between making job queues run and making them run reliably. I’ve seen cases where job queues were failing without clear errors, and it turned out to be a Microsoft service node issue, which Support had to resolve.

    Also, is the customer on On-Prem or SaaS?

    Thankyou

  • Gerardo Rentería García Profile Picture
    27,310 Most Valuable Professional on at

    Hi, good day
    I hope this can help you, and give you some hints.

    What all Customers want: A Job Queue Restarter

    Best Regards
    Gerardo

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    YUN ZHU Profile Picture
    102,123 Super User 2026 Season 1 on at
    Hi, hope the following helps.
    Business Central 2024 wave 2 (BC25): Get external notifications when job queue entries fail (Set up new Job Queue notifications)
     
    Thanks.
    ZHU

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