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In this chapter we will explore several common business scenarios that can be greatly enhanced by leveraging the capabilities of the Batch Manager. We will not be covering every possible xTuple ERP function which can be submitted to the Batch Manager. However, we hope these representative examples give you more than enough information to understand how the Batch Manager works in conjunction with xTuple ERP. The following topics will be covered:
Running Batch Jobs
Emailing Reports
Scheduling Recurring Jobs
Scheduling System Maintenance
Event Notification
Alarm Notification
Emailing Invoices
Emailing CRM Incidents
These last two topics about email give a brief introduction to EDI. EDI is covered in more detail in the Chapter 4, Advanced EDI chapter.
All of the instructions in this chapter assume you have already completed the installation steps and that the Batch Manager is running and configured properly to work with a functioning email account. We also assume familiarity with xTuple ERP basic business process flows.