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Add a thread pool

You can create multiple thread pools.

  1. Navigate to System > System settings > System > Thread pools.

    The Thread pools dialog box is displayed.

    A default thread pool (Default Thread Pool) for non-capture automatic activities and a default thread pool for capture activities (Transformation Server Thread Pool) are available in the list. You cannot modify the name or delete the default thread pools; however, you can change their other settings.

  2. Select the thread pool size for Process activities. (Default: 20)
  3. Click .

    The Add thread pool dialog box is displayed.

  4. Enter a Name for the thread pool.
  5. Select the Type of thread pool. Available options are:

    • Automatic activity (default): Used in the non-capture automatic activities.

    • Transformation server: Used in the Capture automatic activities.

    To set the thread pool size of a Job, see the Kofax TotalAgility Installation Guide.
  6. Select a Size (number of threads) for the thread pool. (Default: 16, Maximum: 64)
  7. Set the Urgency (default: 1) to prioritize automatic activities. For example, prioritize processing new customer loan applications, and push loan forms of new customers through the system faster than those of existing customers by setting up a 'New Customer' thread pool. Only when all the execution threads in a thread pool are active do automatic activity requests appear in the thread pool queue (TPQ).

    Setting the urgency ensures greater throughput during periods of heavy load on the System.

    • When the number of entries in the TPQ is greater than the maximum threshold, the system inactivates thread pools with lower urgency; no further requests are executed on these lower-urgency threads. Activities with higher urgency are executed first.

    • When the number of entries on TPQ is less than the minimum threshold, the system reactivates lower-urgency thread pools and restores the system to normal.

      The minimum urgency value is 1 and the maximum urgency value is 32767. Higher values indicate more urgency.

  8. To set the minimum threshold, set a value between 1 and 32767 for Min threshold.
  9. To set the number of activities that a thread pool queue can contain before it starts taking priority over thread pools with lower urgency settings, set a value for Max threshold.

    • If both minimum and maximum threshold settings are set to 0, the thread pool cannot suspend thread pools of lower urgency but can be suspended by thread pools of a higher urgency.
    • The Size, Urgency, Min threshold, and Max threshold properties do not apply to Transformation Server thread pools.

  10. Click Add.
  11. Click Save.