What are async action requests?

Async action requests are one of two similarly named features of a Landmark system. Infor Process Automation action requests are the other similarly named feature.

See Infor Process Automation action requests and the Infor Process Automation Administration Guide.

An async action request represents anything that is scheduled to run in the Async Framework. Async action requests are the result of users performing form actions where those actions are ones that have been defined by the application developer as ones that should be processed in the background by the Async Framework. If the action has also been defined as one that is schedulable, the user has the option of specifying scheduling parameters. Otherwise, the action is placed on the queue immediately and processed as soon as the queue allows it.

You can see the scheduling state of a request by considering the Pending Scheduling and Scheduled fields, which internal labels are PendingScheduling and IsScheduled. If Scheduled is set to true, the request is a scheduled and recurring request. If Scheduled is set to false, the request is a non-scheduled one-time request. If Pending Scheduling is set to true, the request is triggered for run at least once more. If Pending Scheduling is set to false, the request is triggered again, no matter what the Scheduled value is. Manually setting Pending Scheduling to false disables a request.

If both Pending Scheduling and Scheduled are set to true, then new operations are triggered until the schedule ends. If Pending Scheduling is set to true and Scheduled is set to false, then a new operation is triggered once at the time specified when the request was submitted, or as soon as possible if no time was specified. Pending Scheduling is then set to false.

The ability to monitor and modify async action requests depends on whether the user has administrative access to the Async Framework or is a regular user. Administrators can view action requests for all users. A regular user can view only their own action requests through My Actions.