Is it possible to speed up batch job

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We are using workflow in AX 2012R2 for handling invoice in Invoice processing. The workflow is trigged by batch job which is set up. The minimum recurring pattern is 1 Minute. We think this si to slow and it seems like this make the Invoice processing job ineffective. We have tried setting up 5 batch jobs with different starting time to see if that helps. But seems it doesn't give effect. Do you know if its possible to speed up process?

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Vilmos Kintera 46,149 on at

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It is possible via customizing the batch framework and recurrence settings, see a similar question here:

community.dynamics.com/.../216799

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André Arnaud de Cal... 300,904 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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Hi KWA,

Can you tell what exactly you mean with speed up?

Do you want to submit a workflow and have it directly at the plate of a manager to approve?

Or are there some long running workflows? E.g. the configuration is very large which several conditions and automated tasks?

At a certain customer I have seen workflow processing running 40-60 seconds per instance. This was way too much and caused sometimes hours delay in processing. Adding more batch jobs did speed up this specific issue.

Please tell your definition of "speed up".

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He means having a smaller batch execution schedule than 1 minute. And yes, it is possible, we have 1 second.

Try editing BatchRun.serverGetTask to fire BatchRun::serverProcessFinishedJobs(); after servergetonetask near the end, and in serverProcessFinishedJobs edit the addMinutes to addSeconds with -10.

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André Arnaud de Cal... 300,904 Super User 2025 Season 2 on at

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@Vilmos: I wonder if you are clear-sighted :). I think you are correct about smaller batch schedule times. I know it is possible to customize the batch framework for this. At one customer we had to customize it as well for very large number of integration messages. I wanted to contribute my experience on complex workflow configurations which might slow down the workflow process as well.

At the particular customer we created a temporary solution to schedule multiple instances of the workflow batch. This was supposed to run each 20 seconds. In peak times there were over 1000 workflow messages per hour.

However you also have to look at the batch server settings. How many threads are available. If they are all occupied by other batch tasks, then it will only pick up new workflow messages when threads are available.

So also a suggestion for KWA is to monitor the batch threads used and available. Otherwise the number of threads should be increased if the hardware resources are sufficient. Another option to increase the number of batch threads is to setup another AOS as batch server.

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Yasir Shahzad 1,635 on at

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you can go to AOT...in Forms and then right click on Tuitorial_workFlowProcessor...and then open...now click on Run Button...it will run all job que in Work Flow

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Hi thanks for good information. I will consult and do some testing based on this!

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For example when Submitting an Invoice in to Workflow it can take 1 minute. before we can start delegating it to approver

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Hi, Where can I find BatchRun.serverGetTask ? is it in AOT ? If you can give me specification on where to locate it, I would appreciate !

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Vilmos Kintera 46,149 on at

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Please consult with a senior developer at your partner, since this is a very dangerous framework to touch by non-experienced people.

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Hi Vilmos,

Will not do anything before consulting our AX partner. But I would still like to know where to locate it:) Please inform if possible

Brg

Kristian

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