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Send your Configuration

PlanetPress Workflow Configuration saves entire configurations in the form of a single file. Like any other file, configuration files may be saved and reopened, as well as rename as desired. Simply saving a configuration has no effect on the configuration actually used by the PlanetPress Workflow when it is started. To change any currently active configuration, you must use the Send Configuration command.

When you use the Send command, the PlanetPress Workflow Configuration program uses the currently opened configuration (Any_name.pw7) to overwrite PlanetPress Workflow service's current configuration (ppwatch.cfg).

If PlanetPress Workflow service is running when you send a new configuration, it stops and restarts automatically with the new configuration. If the service is stopped, it will not start automatically.

To send a PlanetPress Workflow Configuration to the local server:

  1. Open the configuration you want to use as PlanetPress Suite’s new configuration.
  2. Edit the configuration, if required.
  3. When the configuration is ready to be used, from the PlanetPress Suite Button, choose Send Configuration, then Send Local.

To send a PlanetPress Workflow Configuration to a remote server:

  1. Open the configuration you want to use as PlanetPress Suite’s new configuration.
  2. Edit the configuration, if required.
  3. When the configuration is ready to be used, from the PlanetPress Suite Button, choose Send Configuration, then Send Remote.
    A list of available PlanetPress Workflow servers on the local network appears.
  4. Put a checkmark next to each server where the configuration should be sent.
  5. Click OK.

If a server is greyed out, this may mean you do not have access to send a configuration remotely to it. For more information, please see Access Manager.

Note that if PlanetPress Workflow service is paused when you send a new configuration, it will not stop and restart. Since PlanetPress Workflow service reads its configuration file when it starts up, when you resume processing, PlanetPress Workflow service will continue using the old configuration.