Enable or Clear Cache

The Cache feature in Process Runner is used to reduce the average time to access Innowera Control Panel server for frequent use of particular actions. Enabling this option in Process Runner and Innowera Control Panel will allow you to store copies of actions performed for first time in Process Runner. These actions will be stored in your local desktop as per current settings in Innowera Control Panel. Later on, whenProcess Runner must communicate with Innowera Control Panel server, it first checks whether a copy of that action is in the stored cache or not, If yes, Process Runner will immediately read stored action from the stored cache without communicating with Innowera Control Panel server.

Enable Cache

You can enable the cache settings using any one of the following options:

• To enable cache settings in Innowera Control Panel, go to Admin Settings> Options > Option Settings > Other Settings > Enable cache for all users as shown in the following screenshot.

  

• To enable cache settings in Process Runner, go to Tools > Options as shown in the following screenshot.

  

  Note: The behavior of this feature may vary depending on their selection in Innowera Control Panel and Process Runner.

  Control Panel	Process Runner	Result
  Enable	Enable	Cache feature will be enabled.
  Disable	Enable	Cache feature will be disabled on Control Panel server. Hence this feature will also not be available in Process Runner.
  Enable	Enable	Cache feature will be enabled on Control Panel server but this feature will be disabled in Process Runner.
  Disable	Enable	Cache feature will be disabled.

Clear Cache

You can clear the cache using any one of the following options:

• Start Process Runner, go to Tools menu, and then select Clear Control Panel Cache from the drop-down menu.

  

  Note: This option will only available if you have enabled Enable Control Panel Cache option.

• Close and exit Process Runner. Restart the Process Runner again. Select here to go back to Options page.

Benefits and Detriments of Cache

Benefits

If you have enabled this feature and are going to execute particular action for several times, then this option will be helpful to reduce communication time with Control Panel server. This is due to the stored cache in your local PC.

Detriments

For example, initially, you will turn this off while you are configuring or testing control panel. Once it is stable and not only minimal changes are going on, it can be turned on.