The Publishing Queue serves as the monitoring tool for all publishing requests. The Source Document, Publishing Handler and Status columns display current publishing requests, the document type and the status of the requests.
In addition, you can set options for retrieving and displaying the requests, filter by document type and status, sort by status, view properties, retry a publish request, and delete published requests that are located in the Publishing Queue.
There are also two mechanisms for refreshing the queue: automatic and manual refreshes. The automatic refresh happens each time at a time interval. You can also disable the automatic refresh. The manual refresh happens when you refresh or click F5. Auto refresh: is disabled by default.
The Publishing Queue is accessed from the Enterprise Manager. Below is a diagram that displays the role of the Publishing Queue: