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This page shows the state of the CYC® Agenda, and allows the user to control the Agenda Process by starting and halting it, and by selecting an error handling mode.

Agenda States

For all practical purposes, the CYC® Agenda has two states: Halted or Running. The Agenda Status Bar may list several other states, including Enabled or Idle, but since those states play no significant role in the Agenda Process Control, they are grouped together on this page under "Running", primarily as a matter of convenience. See the Agenda Status Bar Help for details on the different Agenda states.

Starting and Halting the Agenda

In the middle of this page is a button that controls whether the CYC® Agenda is running or halted. Depending on whether the Agenda is currently running, it will be labelled either "Start Agenda" or "Halt Agenda".

To start the Agenda up again after it has been halted, click on the [Start Agenda] button. Operations cannot be processed unless the Agenda is running, so it's a good idea to keep the Agenda running whenever possible.

To halt the Agenda, click on the [Halt Agenda] button. Remember to restart it when you want to continue processing operations.

Error Handling Modes

The Agenda Process can also be controlled by setting the error handling mode, which tells the Agenda what to do when it encounters an error while processing operations.

There are three possible modes:

Setting the Error Handling Mode:

Click on one of the buttons to the left of the three modes, then press the [Submit New Mode] button. A message will appear confirming the new communication mode. To reset the buttons to reflect the current error handling mode, press the [Current Mode] button.

Note that the current error handling mode is always listed at the top of this section.

The Local Queue

If there are unprocessed operations in the local queue, one final section will appear in the Agenda Process Control. This section will list how many operations are waiting in the local queue, as well as provide the following options:

For more detailed information on the CYC® Agenda, see the CYC® Agenda Documentation.


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