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Background Tasks Management Screen

Background Tasks button in management screens

Background Tasks Table

Background task are constantly being run, to update the event timetable, re-sync competitor records, import live results, to just name a few. You can keep an eye on all the background tasks which are in process and those which have completed.

You can see what task is being run, who started it, how long it has run for, when it started and finish, its status and the log which details exactly what has been updated.

Background Tasks Screen

Understanding Background Tasks

Some operations are simple enough that they can be done quickly by reloading a page.

Others are more complicated — numbering or renumbering a large number of athletes, for example.

You wouldn't want to have to hang around and keep a page open while these tasks complete, so OpenTrack uses background tasks. You can navigate away from a page after a background task has started, and be confident it will finish!