Is there anyway I can set a short cut to open these windows? Or at the very least some code I can put into a script that will open them?
Well, the keyboard shortcuts are only assignable to scripting elements, and there’s no way to show the pool or group dialogs from a script that I’m aware of…
You could hack together a little PyQt window that allows you to edit the group and pool assignments, but re-implementing the wheel seems like a lot of effort for a keyboard shortcut.
Thanks Edwin!
Yeah, I thought about making my own GUI. But I think what I’m going to do is revisit an idea I had a while ago. Since our production team handles priority I’m going to set up a script that will read a text file that they can manage and adjust the Pools accordingly.
I pretty much have everything down to do this except for one thing. Is there a way in Deadline that I can automate the running of my script periodically? That way I can set it to run each day to look for changes in the text file. At the very least I can set it up with a hot key so it’s easier for production to run get the updates. But an automated process would be much nicer.
Actually yes! I remember you using Pulse, so tying your script into the OnHouseCleaning event should be a good place. I have a quick example here:
Awesome! Thanks Edwin.