How to configure and activate Job Queue Monitor

Prerequisites #

Before the monitor can run it needs to be installed in your Business Central environment.

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Starting the Monitor #

To activate monitoring:

1. Open Background Monitor Setup
2. Verify license is active
3. Configure General and Table Monitor Entries
   More information found in Background Monitor setup
4. Set Enabled = true
5. Select Start/Update Job Queue Monitor Schedule

The monitor will now run continuously according to the configured rules.

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Enabling Monitoring on Individual Jobs #

To monitor a specific job:

1. Go to Job Queue Entries
2. Open the job you want to monitor
3. Enable:
   • Monitor Active = job is monitored
   • Set to Ready = job is automatically restarted if set in to error

Only jobs with Monitor Active enabled are handled by the monitor.