Create Unique Batch Name
SimpleIndex creates a Batch ID each time you run a SimpleIndex Job Configuration, which creates a new batch.
The Batch ID is the Date and Time that the batch was started.
EX. 2020-01-23@145419
In this example 2020 is the Year, 01 is the Month, 23 is the Day, 14 is the Hour, 54 is the Second and 19 is the Millisecond that the batch was started.
When running SimpleIndex as a Windows Service using the Server Add-on or using the Windows Task Scheduler you can set-up multiple Job Configurations to run on different time frames and have them all running at once. This can lead to a very small possibility that two different Job Configurations will start at the same Millisecond, especially when the Job Configurations are set to run on the same time frames. This can lead to errors or missing files during the process.
With the following option you can make every batch name unique in case there are multiple batches that are created at the exact same Millisecond, which can occur with multi-thread processing on the same Input folder.
Instructions for Unique Batch Name:
- Open the Windows Registry Editor by searching for “regedit”
- Find this location in the Registry Editor:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\SimpleIndex\Misc - Right click in the right and select New>String Value
- Name the key the following: GUIDBatchNames
- Open the key and set the value to the following: 1