Offline Processing Service

How to Install the Offline Processing Service

1. Navigate to the directory: <Sharepoint Hive>\bin\SmartPipeline\OfflineProcessingService.
2. Copy the contents of the folder to a new directory. This step is optional.
   
   
   
3. Open Windows PowerShell as an Administrator.
   
4. Navigate to the Processing directory where Clustering is installed.
   1. For example, D:\BASoftware\SmartPipeline\Processing.
      
      
      
5. Run the following command:
   .\InstallProcessingService.ps1
   
6. When you are prompted, enter a valid Domain account that can log-in as a service.
   
   

How to Configure the Offline Processing Service

Configuration options can be specified in the file ProcessingService.exe.config.

Configuration requirements include ConnectionString and LogLocation.

• LogLocation
  • Location on local server.
  • When running on SharePoint Server with Smart Pipeline. 
  • Default location set in Smart Pipeline Configuration and this location is overridden.
    
• ConnectionString
  • Connection String information to Smart Pipeline database created upon Smart Pipeline install.
    
• ThreadCount.
  • Default: 4.
    
• DeleteSourceContentOnFailure.
  • Default: True.
    
• EnableOfflineProcessing.
  • Default: True.
    
• DebugMode.
  • Default: False.
    
• ProcessNewestToOldest.
  • Default: True.
    
• RetryStatusCodes.
  • If you use custom stages in the offline processor, you can set codes other than “Success” and “Error.”
  • For example, if the Offline Processing Stages are calling third-party resources, they might be unavailable at times. 
  • Set the Status to “Retry” to set the Processing Service to flag an item for re-processing.
  • Default: None.

• RetryInterval - Set the time interval in minutes for the Processor to re-flag items for re-processing. Default: 30.

How to Start the Offline Processing Service

1. Open the Services Console.

2. Start the “BAInsight Offline Processing Service.”