Schedule geocoding

If you enable geocoding, you must also schedule the work queues that geocode addresses that have not been geocoded yet.

Before you begin

Complete Set geocoding configuration parameters in ContactManager.

About this task

When you schedule the geocoding work queue, use the following guidelines:

  • Schedule Geocode and ABGeocode batch processing with enough time between runs to fully process the work items in the work queues. If you find duplicate work items in the work queues for the same address ID, make the time between runs a longer interval.
  • Geocoding a large number of addresses can require considerable application resources. Set up your implementation to do its batch geocoding of addresses at a time when general access to your server is restricted.
  • The ABGeocode batch process in ContactManager uses the settings described at BatchGeocode and GeocodeStatus properties in ContactManager.
  • See also Geocoding and batch processing.

Procedure

  1. In Guidewire Studio for ClaimCenter, press Ctrl+Shift+N and enter scheduler-config.xml, and then double-click scheduler-config.xml in the search results to open it in the editor.
  2. In the editor, press CTRL+F and enter Geocode to find the following entry:

    The following XML code shows the entry in the base configuration of ClaimCenter, including the <!-- and --> comment tags: 

    <!--  New addresses searched for geocoding at 1:30 am  --> 
<!-- 
  <ProcessSchedule process="Geocode">
    <CronSchedule hours="1" minutes="30"/>
  </ProcessSchedule> 
-->

    This entry, when uncommented, instructs the batch process to start searching for new addresses to geocode every night at 1:30 AM.

  3. Remove the opening <!-- and closing --> comments to activate this entry the next time you start the application.
  4. If ClaimCenter is integrated with ContactManager, you must also uncomment the ABGeocode entry in the ContactManager scheduler-config.xml file. In Guidewire Studio for ContactManager, follow the same procedure you did for ClaimCenter to open the file and find the entry.
    The following XML code shows the entry in the base configuration of ContactManager, including the <!-- and --> comment tags: 
    <!--   <ProcessSchedule process="ABGeocode">
         <CronSchedule minutes="0"/>
       </ProcessSchedule> -->

    This entry, when uncommented, instructs the work queue to start searching for new addresses to geocode every hour on the hour.

  5. Remove the opening <!-- and closing --> comments to activate this entry the next time you start the application.

What to do next

Log geocoding information