This is the operator's working tab: from here the polling of the server is started and stopped, and from here you can see what is happening right now.
Counters
Four cards show the result of the last server response:
- Downloaded — orders whose files are already on the disk.
- To download — new and rebuilt orders that the program will take into work.
- Up to date — orders for which nothing has changed on the server.
- Awaiting generation — the order is confirmed, but the server has not built its files yet. There is nothing to download, the program will check them on the next round.
The cards are clickable: a click opens the «Orders» tab with the corresponding list.
Buttons
- Start — switches on the scheduled polling and makes the first check right away. If the key is not filled in, the program will open «Settings» and show an error.
- Stop — stops the schedule and interrupts the current work. A request to the server that has already begun will not be interrupted instantly but by its own timeout — waiting a few seconds is normal.
- Check now — one extra round without touching the schedule. If a check is already running, the program will warn you and will not start a second one.
Progress
There are three bars, and they are labelled so that you can see what exactly is going on:
- the overall progress of the round;
- the downloading of the current archive;
- the unpacking and conversion of the current order.
When the conversion runs in several threads, next to it there is a display of which file each worker process is handling right now: green — working, grey — finished, red — error.
Maintenance buttons
- Cleanup — looks on the disk for order files that are not in the database and shows the list before deleting. See How many orders to keep and how to clean the disk.
- Reset — erases the program data. A dangerous button, see Full reset and moving.
The buttons have tooltips: the name does not always make it clear what the button will do to the files on the disk.
What this tab does not have
You cannot skip one order and continue with the rest, you cannot pause the work: there is only a full stop and a restart. After «Stop», pressing «Start» continues from the place where the program stopped — orders that were not fully downloaded will be downloaded again in full.