Does Vault Job Processor require a single user license for Vault and Inventor

[jweiss1313]

We are gong to be converting from network to single user licenses soon.  I have a service account for our Vault job processor computer.  The service account is not an actual user account and does not have an email account.

Do I need to account for a single user Vault and Inventor license for my job processor?

Please let me know.  Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.

Thanks!

[ihayesjr · Accepted solution]

"Each Job Processor running headless, for the sole purpose of automation, on a machine that is not being used by an authorized user, that Job Processor needs a unique Autodesk ID assigned to that machine."

Vault 2021 Help: Licensing (autodesk.com)

The Job Processor uses Inventor Server not full Inventor so an Inventor license is not required.

[ShubhamRaturi]

Hey @ihayesjr,

My current setup I have assigned Product Design & Manufacturing Collection and Vault Professional license to job processor service account. We use publishing from ACAD Mech (AutoCAD Core Console), Plant3D and Inventor 2022.
Can I only assign the Vault Professional license only?

And

@jweiss1313 

Currently I am having an issue with job processor idle time. If I set the waiting time too low, will it affect the current job that is in processing, and will it consume more resources on the system?

Thanks 

[ihayesjr]

@ShubhamRaturi 

The Job Processor only needs the Vault Professional license.

[GunnarNilsson]

You need an AutoCAD - including specialized toolsets license at the job processor if you're prpcessing Autocad dwg files.

[ihayesjr]

@GunnarNilsson 

You do not need an AutoCAD license to process AutoCAD DWG files.
The Job Processor uses DWG Trueview to process AutoCAD DWG files.

Vault 2023 Help | Troubleshooting Job Processor | Autodesk

What software does Job Processor use?

• Inventor Server: For DWF creation of Inventor formats
• TrueView: For AutoCAD DWF creation
• Revit: For Revit file DWF creation
• MS Office 2013: For older Office file formats

Custom jobs may need additional applications. See the online help for complete job type requirements.

[GunnarNilsson]

True, but only for creating dwf. For other jobs you need an Autocad license.

[ihayesjr]

@GunnarNilsson 

What other Jobs? Synchronize Properties and PDF creation will also use DWG Trueview.

[GunnarNilsson]

Mainly custom jobs I would say. Updating released by in drawing when releasing a dwg for example.

@ShubhamRaturi, you can set the idle time as low as you want. The jobprocessor finishes one job before it takes on next.

[ihayesjr]

Updating a property or the Vault Revision table inside of an AutoCAD DWG using the Synchronized Properties job which uses DWG TrueView. These are all out-of-the-box jobs.

If you created your own custom Jobs that can't use DWG Trueview, it may require AutoCAD.