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I'm about to start processing about 500 "old" videos that are very low priority.
It would be great if I could specify some priority when submitting each so that our normal production processing isn't delayed while these get done whenever nothing else is going on.

Hello gdpodesta,

If you have a special workflow to process your old files, you can go to workflow properties (right-click on workflow name in workflow manager, and select properties) and choose "low" or even "very low" for "priority. Be aware that this is not a CPU priority, but your old files will be delayed (or paused) if other jobs with a higher priority are submitted(jobs manually submitted from the GUI will always have the highest priority).
Hope it helps

Benjamin

So I'd want to duplicate the workflow and change priority?

Hey,
No need to duplicate, just change properties(but all monitor nodes will have very low priority inside the same workflow).
You could also use the webinterface and create a scheduled start to process your files during night for example.

Sorry, am confused. I'm submitting with the API, so as I'm understanding it, unless I want all jobs to be lower priority, it would have to be submitted to a duplicate that has a lower priority. Scheduling isn't an option, we get produciton files throughout the day and night.

Ok sorry too
SO you're right. Duplicate the part of the workflow you want and change its properties to low or very low. Try with 1 file and if the behavior is ok, start the rest .