A National Supervisor schedules when jobs run as background tasks. Each of these tasks runs independently.
Inactivation Job
This job looks at the Product and NDC proposed inactivation date.
If there are any NDCs that are Active and have a proposed Inactivation date earlier than the current date, the system inactivates the NDC.
If there are any Products that are Active and have a proposed Inactivation date earlier than the current date, the system adds a Request to Inactivate the product to the request list.
FDB Update
This job searches the FDB Packaged Drugs Update Date field for all entries greater that the Last Successful Run date. When a match is found, the system checks the FDB Drug against its VA equivalent to see if any fields that are currently monitored by the VA were updated.
If yes, the job adds an entry to the FDB Update list (if the system could not automatically process the update) or the Update Report (if the system automatically processed the update),
FDB Add
This job searches the FDB Packaged Drugs Add Date field for all entries greater that the Last Successful Run date. When a match is found, the system adds the Packaged Drug to the PPS-N EPL (if criteria for auto add are met) and places the Packaged Drug on the FDB Add list for NDF Managers to process,
NDF Update Job
This job automatically creates the file of updates to the National Data File that will be distributed to the local VistA sites. This file may also be created manually using the Create Update File button found on the Manage Update Files page.
FSS
This job searches the FSS database for any updates that have occurred since the Last Success Run time. The system automatically updates any PPS-N EPL NDCs that have corresponding updates in FSS.
STS
This job calls the Standard Terminology Web Service (STS) to retrieve the up-to-date list of Standard Medication Routes. The system adds any newly added routes to the PPS-N EPL. You can view Standard Med Route Names to see detailed information.
RxNorm
This job searches the National Library of Medicine (NLM) for the RxCUID file, which includes product-related normal prescription data. If the job finds the file or returns data, the process updates the product(s) in PPS-N.
The update of normal prescription data can be suppressed using the RxNorm Suppress and/or the Exclude from AutoUpdate fields on the Product Quick Actions Tab RxNorm.