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What Are Resource Intensive Server Processes?

Most requests from clients to servers are completed immediately, however there are several requests that start resource intensive processes. The time to complete these processes will vary depending upon your system configuration and system load. With experience, you will have a good idea for the amount of time that each process takes.

Resource intensive processes using Encyclopedia Utilities are:

• Apply to Parent
• Checkout/Download
• Copy Model
• Checkout Report
• Create Model From Subset
• Delete Model
• Generate Code
• Generate DDL
• Generate Delta
• Load to Child
• Model Cross Copy Apply
• Model Cross Copy Extract
• Override Model Checkout
• Override Subset Checkout
• Resend Last Update to Parent
• Update/Upload

Each of these has its own utility process started on demand by the Message Dispatcher. Requests to the Encyclopedia Utilities are processed immediately if that utility is not currently acting on a previous request. Any subsequent requests that occur while the utility is engaged are placed in the pending queue. A resource intensive process will totally engage the utility for as long as it takes to complete the request.

It is a good practice to plan and schedule these activities not to run during peak hours. You can also configure your system to allow additional instances of an Encyclopedia Utility to run when needed. For more information, see Starting Multiple Instances of Encyclopedia Utilities.