Setting up ATRS
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      How do I set up Collaboration in ATRS?

      Collaboration enables the ability to "assign" schedules to other ATRS servers.

      System - Collaboration

      • Go to the System tab and select Collaboration.

      Collaboration enables the ability to "assign" schedules to other ATRS machines. Though the management and editing of the schedules will occur on the primary ATRS machine, processing and running of the schedule will occur on the collaborator (the other ATRS installation).

      With Collaboration, resource-intensive schedules can be processed on more powerful servers. Also, numerous schedules can be spread out across an array of ATRS machines to reduce the overall load and run schedules more efficiently.

      ATRS servers/instances that are set up as collaborators only run schedules delegated to them by the Primary Server. Collaborators DO NOT process their own local schedules.

      Crystal Reports: Collaboration in CRD.

      Combined with Multi-threading, each ATRS Collaborator will have up to 4 threads. Therefore, it's quadrupling the number of concurrent schedules you can run simultaneously with every collaborator added.

      In the example picture shown above, there would be 16 available threads.

      IMPORTANT

      The remainder of this guide will walk you through setting up a collaboration with another ATRS server. It is imperative that you follow the steps below carefully. Failure to do so may result in an unsuccessful setup.

      Requirements

      • More than one ATRS Installation is required in order to properly set up a collaboration. If you currently only have one installation of ATRS, please see the following links for more information regarding installing ATRS on another server:
        • Each ATRS instance must be accessible through your internal network.
        • Each remote server with ATRS installed must have the correct email, database, and system settings in order to ensure proper processing and delivery of the reports/schedules. Each collaborator's settings should match the main scheduler.
        • The Primary Machine's database must be migrated to your own SQL Server instance. Additionally, each collaborator must be connected to the primary scheduler's database.

        Setting up Collaboration

        • Open ATRS on the Primary Scheduling Server.
        • Go to System and select Collaboration.

          •  Click Enable server Collaboration and click Add.
          • This will bring up a window that will prompt you to select the ATRS configuration file on the remote machine.
          • Browse through the network and select the ATRS Collaborator machine.

          • Click Open.
          • Select atrsconfigshare.

          • Select atrslive.config and click Open. 

          • Click Save & Exit.
          • The ATRS Collaborator machine is now added in the ATRS Primary Scheduling Server Collaboration system.

          When creating a Schedule you can select which server you want to execute the schedule on.