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# About the Advanced Tab

The Advanced tab displays the tasks’ unique ID, which is particularly useful when using the Task API. It is also used for setting the maximum permissible number of concurrent instances of the Task, rules for disabling and timing out tasks. The dialog box contains the following:
|  | Identification — Displays the Task ID.
|  | Maximum Concurrent Instances — Displays the following options:
|  | Single Instance — Only one instance of the Task may be run concurrently.
|  | Multiple Instances and Number — May be used to select a specific number of concurrent instances.
|  | Unlimited Instances — Any number of Task instances may be run concurrently.
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|  | Automatic Disabling — This are contains the following options for controlling how many times a Task may consecutively fail before it is automatically disabled:

|  | Auto-Disable Task ... — Selects the option and activates the Consecutive Failures number control.

|  | Consecutive Failures — A number may be entered either manually of using the control's up and down arrows. The Task may then consecutively fail that number of times before it is disabled.

|  | Task timeout — This are contains the following options for controlling the amount of time before a Task is disabled:

|  | Kill task after — Selects the option and activates the two time controls to enable a number of seconds, minutes, hours or days to be set, after which time the Task will stop running or attempting to run.

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