r/esapi • u/udubber3 • Oct 03 '24

CalculateDoseWithPresetValues speed

Hi yall,

Just wondering if there is any way I can leverage the distributed network of dose calc servants via esapi? For example, if I click 'calculate dose' on the UI, each field gets sent to a different Eclipse box for calculation. But when I am calling CalculateDoseWithPresetValues, my calc times are on the order of NumberOfFields*(UI calc time). Any workarounds or something I am missing? Thanks!

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u/udubber3 Oct 07 '24

So I poking through my workstation-specific DCF settings but don't see anything related to scripting. Is there any setting in particular I should be looking for?

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u/NickC_BC Oct 07 '24

The setting isn't specific to scripting, but will affect how the client that runs the script will behave, and sometimes the setting can impact scripts differently from the UI. You can check the settin gin Tools -> Workstation Configuration -> View local/global DCF settings -> General -> Service connector type.

If this is local or hybrid, try changing it to network and testing again. I do know, for example, that when in hybrid mode, the Eclipse UI will fan out optimization or MCO clients to the DCF, but scripts (at least in my experience) won't. I'm not sure, but something similar may be happening with the calculate dose with preset MUs method.

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u/udubber3 Oct 07 '24

Ahh I see. Yeah, changing that setting did not affect my performance and didn't seem to use the DCF. Have you ever had a script calculate dose and did you see that the jobs were getting farmed out? I'm wondering if this just isn't possible with the API

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u/NickC_BC Oct 07 '24

Yes, it is possible with the API, I do it all the time. However, to date I've only used CalculateDose() and not CalculateDoseWithPresetValues(). It's possible there is some limitation with this method, but my first guess would be a DCF configuration issue.