Submitting and checking jobs through the Switch Web Portal is only possible if you have licensed
the SwitchClient Module (2017 or higher) and you're using the new, web-based
version of the client. In that case, the job client type option (in the Internal
Communications preferences) must be set to Default.
Overview
An active SwitchClient Module gives access to the following functionality:
- Connect to one or more Switch servers on the local network/internet.
- Submit jobs (files or job folders) and metadata describing these jobs to
a Submit point in a flow.
- Review and act on jobs being held in a Checkpoint in a flow.
- View progress information and the status of submitted jobs.
- View log messages issued by processes on the server.
Good to know
- Access to particular Submit points and Checkpoints can be restricted, by configuring access
rights at user or user group level.
- Metadata information attached to a job can be used to make automated routing decisions or to
provide variable input to various tools and configurators.
- If you want to connect to more than one Switch server at a time, you must open a browser
window per server and sign in to the Switch Web Portal for each server separately. The IP
address of the server is displayed in the URL.