Nprinting designer must be open at all times?

[bashar_f]

Hey guys,

I created a schedule for an excel report to be sent to someone specific every week, I noticed the email wont be sent unless the scheduler is on which is natural, but it doesn't stay on unless the designer is open, so does this mean it has to be open at all times in order to send this weekly email? isn't there a way to set it up as a background process?

[Stephen_Jasionowski · Accepted solution]

Bashar -

Do you have NPrinting Server, or just the Designer? If only the Designer, you will need to leave the program open in order for the schedules to run.

If you have the server, here is how you can load a schedule to run as a Windows service: How to Configure QlikView NPrinting 16 Service

Note: I would always recommend adding a folder rather than adding a file. If you add a folder, any new .nsq that appears in that directory will have its schedule accounted for. Otherwise you will have to stop the service, manually add the .nsq and then restart the service.

[Daniel_Jenkins]

Hi Bashar,

This is a drawback when using the Designer to run scheduled jobs. A solution to this is running NPrinting as a Windows Service. You need QlikView NPrinting Server with a valid license for this. See: How to Configure QlikView NPrinting 16 Service

HTH - Daniel.