Workflow Services

To be able to run and to have access to local files as well as to files available on other computers in your network, PlanetPress Workflow applications and services must identify themselves using a local or network account.

The first time you start the PlanetPress Workflow Configuration program, the application automatically asks you to choose an account (see below).

You can also manually start this procedure from the PlanetPress Workflow Tools by following this procedure: click on the Tools tab in PlanetPress Workflow Ribbon, then click Configure Services.

Set the PlanetPress Workflow applications permissions as required:

• Local System account: Select to run all the PlanetPress Workflow Services (including PlanetPress Workflow, PlanetPress Fax, and PlanetPress Image) under the Local System account. The Local System account is distinct from the Administrator account. It requires no user name or password, and its privileges may exceed those of the user currently logged in. Running under this account rather than a user account prevents problems that may arise if the user lacks a permission the service requires. If a configuration relies on any resources mapped to a particular user, such as mapped network drives or shared printers, they are unavailable. It is recommended that you create a configuration for a particular user. Clear the Local System account checkbox to run all the PlanetPress Workflow Services under the account you specify. Use the options that become available when you clear Local System account to enter the account information—you must enter a valid user name and password to use Microsoft Outlook as your email client for Email input and Send email output tasks.
• This Account: Provide a domain, user name and password to use instead of the Local System Account.
  • Browse: Opens the default Windows dialog for selecting users/groups/etc. from a domain.
  • User: Enter the name of the user account.
  • Password: Enter the password for the user account you specified in the user name box.
  • Confirm password: Enter the password you entered in the Password box.
• Services start automatically: Select to start the required PlanetPress Workflow automatically.

PlanetPress Workflow applies the user account information to all the services (PlanetPress Workflow, PlanetPress Fax, PlanetPress Image, LPD input, Serial input, Telnet input, FTP output, LPR output, and PlanetPress Messenger), that run on this computer.

The PlanetPress Workflow Configuration program does not test user names and passwords, but merely associates them with the services that require them. If you enter a bad user name or password, these services will be denied access to the selected account.

The account you choose will be used by PlanetPress Workflow and all its services, as well as by PlanetPress Fax and PlanetPress Image. If you install PlanetPress Fax or PlanetPress Image on the same computer after performing this procedure, you will have to perform it once again, so as to choose the same account for all the installed applications.