Output Post Processor (OPP) in Oracle Applications R12 and 11i

OPP runs as a service that can be managed through Oracle Applications Manager (OAM) from the System Activity page (Navigation: Applications Dashboard > Applications

Service (from the dropdown list) > Go).

How to Increase the number of Output Post Processors?
1.Log on to Applications with “System Administrator” responsibility.
2.Navigate to Concurrent -> Manager -> Define.
3. Query for the “Output Post Processor” service.
4. Click on “Work Shifts” and increase the number of processes

How to get OPP manager log file location?

$APPLCSF/log/<SID>/FNDOPP####.txt       OR
1,System Administrator > Concurrent > Manager > Administer
2,Search for ‘Output Post Processor’
3,Click the ‘Processes’ button .
4, Click the Manager Log button. This will open the ‘OPP’
Upload the OPP log file.

In some cases, Output Post Processor is not starting up and it shows Actual and Target are showing different values when we query for Output Post Processor.
The log files show no error message. In this case, apply the following possible solution for starting the OPP.

1. Shut down the internal manager by using adcmctl.sh stop apps/apps
2. Make sure there are no FNDLIBR processes running:
$ ps -ef| grep FNDLIBR OR ps -ef|grep applprod|grep FNDLIBR
3. If there is any FNDLIBR process please kill it $ kill -9 pid
4. Run cmclean.sql script
5. Restart the internal manager by using adcmctl.sh start apps/apps

or How to kill and start Output Post Processor (OPP) Background:
This article explains how to kill OPP and restart the same

Solution:
1,System Administator > Concurrent > Manager > Administer
2,Query “Output Post Processor” -> Processes button
Get the sytem id of “Output Post Processor”
3,ps -ef|grep [system id]
4,kill -9 [system id] in Unix
5,System Administator > Concurrent > Manager > Administer
6,Query “Output Post Processor” -> Restart button