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Status Submitted
Categories Usability
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 24, 2024

PCM File Reprocessing

User would like the ability to see the status updating with the appropriate status once a file has been reprocessed. Example when a file has been reprocessed user would like to see the different stages the file is flowing though (Processed, Timed Out, Waiting, Complete, etc). 

Current behavior, only shows the status' of "Reprocessed", "Failed", and "Success".

User frequently has the need to reprocess mass number of files at once, currently when reprocessing a mass number of files the PCM environment times out without giving notice. This is causing a major issue to the user and the customer as files will be reprocessed multiple times causing the same file to be sent a multiple number of times because user is not aware the file is in the "Process" of reprocessing or if the system has times out. When the files are duplicated this is causing profit loss. For internal user this is also causing many hours of rework which is not acceptable. This is not a very good experience for the user or customer and negatively impacts the users brand.

The desired behavior user would like to see is, In the event of mass restarts over a threshold, they should be handled via an offline job of some sort that goes back and updates the status of the document in PCM. E.g. the document can start with 'processing' then when its successful be set to 'complete' or if PCM times out waiting on B2B, the status would be set to 'Timed Out' or "Waiting". And if the reprocessing is successful it would shift to 'Complete' so that the status in PCM matches the status of the underlying system