Optimize command-line utility

Also known as the ACOOptAdmin utility, you can use this utility to run Optimize sessions from the command line.

Open a command prompt and go to the /tools/bin directory of the directory where you installed Optimize.

ACOOptAdmin -sn session -u [password] [-async] [-locale localecode] [-stop]

The ACOOptAdmin utility has the following parameters:

-sn session -Specifies the Optimize session name. This parameter is required. For example, to specify a session called HolidayFundRaiser, you would enter:

ACOOptAdmin -sn HolidayFundRaiser

If the session is in a folder, include the folder names separated by forward slashes (/) or backward slashes (\). For example:

ACOOptAdmin -sn MktFolder/HolidayFundRaiser

To allow spaces in your text, place double quotation marks around the session name. For example:

ACOOptAdmin -sn "Holiday Mailing"

-u username-Specifies the user name used to log on to Optimize. This parameter is required.

-p password-Specifies a password for the user name. This parameter can be omitted if the password is blank.

-async-Runs the Optimize session asynchronously, returning immediately. This parameter is an optional. The default is to run the Optimize utility synchronously, which returns when the Optimize session finishes running.

-locale localecode-Specifies the language in which to print the messages generated by the Optimize utility. This parameter is optional. The default is en_US.

-stop-stops a running optimization session.

This command does not stop the session instantly, instead, it stops the session at the next logical step in the optimization algorithm. This method ensures a clean shutdown with no corruption of data. It can take a few minutes for the process to stop.

You can specify these parameters in any order on the command line.