The foundation for demanding tasks.
Long tasks in the background – the admin area stays free
Some tasks take a while – an AI analysis, a transfer to a marketplace or a large export. Background Processing accepts such jobs and handles them in the background while you keep working in the admin area as usual. It is a shared foundation: other OPALs build on it and use it for their demanding tasks.
What the OPAL solves for you
Nothing gets lost: paid AI calls are completed, and no task runs twice.
Full control: if a job gets stuck, you see it immediately and restart it with one click.
One overview for everything: every OPAL with demanding tasks uses the same foundation – you keep track of everything in one place.
These OPALs use Background Processing
Background Processing is the foundation – you feel its benefit in the OPALs that build on it. For example:
Part of the OPAL family
OPALs are building blocks from OXID eSales: a proven, solid foundation that needs to be adapted to your system landscape and integrated into your shop.
Features at a glance
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Keep working right away
A task is accepted and handled in the background – the page in the admin area is usable again immediately. Jobs are processed regularly by a scheduled job on the server.
Status per job
Each job shows whether it is waiting, running, done or failed – each with a timestamp.
Nothing runs twice
A running job is not started a second time – not even if the page is reloaded several times. That way there are no duplicate costs for paid calls.
Stuck jobs detected
If a job takes unusually long, it is recognized as aborted and can start again instead of staying stuck for good. You set the threshold per job type.
Large data volumes too
Whether a single identifier or several megabytes of image data: even large jobs are processed reliably without slowing down the shop.
Overview in the admin area
All jobs with status, age and error reason. You can retry or discard individual jobs with one click. A notice warns you if nothing has been processed for a while.
Who is this OPAL for?
E-Commerce Manager
In the admin area you use functions that take a little longer – such as AI analyses or transfers to marketplaces.
What the OPAL delivers here
You start a task and keep working right away instead of waiting. You can see what is running at any time, and paid AI calls are not lost.
Frequently asked questions
Price
€5/month
OPALs are also available in subscription packages.