diff --git a/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/package-lock.json b/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/package-lock.json
index aeefb6db75..3ab1d036ee 100644
--- a/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/package-lock.json
+++ b/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/package-lock.json
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
         "@babel/preset-env": "^7.25.3",
         "@pinia/testing": "0.1.5",
         "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.4.8",
+        "@ungap/structured-clone": "^1.2.1",
         "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^4.6.2",
         "@vue/compiler-sfc": "^3.5.6",
         "@vue/test-utils": "2.4.6",
@@ -2952,6 +2953,13 @@
       "integrity": "sha512-iO9ZQHkZxHn4mSakYV0vFHAVDyEOIJQrV2uZ06HxEPcx+mt8swXoZHIbaaJ2crJYFfErySgktuTZ3BeLz+XmFA==",
       "dev": true
     },
+    "node_modules/@ungap/structured-clone": {
+      "version": "1.2.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@ungap/structured-clone/-/structured-clone-1.2.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-fEzPV3hSkSMltkw152tJKNARhOupqbH96MZWyRjNaYZOMIzbrTeQDG+MTc6Mr2pgzFQzFxAfmhGDNP5QK++2ZA==",
+      "dev": true,
+      "license": "ISC"
+    },
     "node_modules/@vitejs/plugin-vue": {
       "version": "4.6.2",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/@vitejs/plugin-vue/-/plugin-vue-4.6.2.tgz",
diff --git a/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/package.json b/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/package.json
index 6964a60d8d..4734de4272 100644
--- a/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/package.json
+++ b/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/package.json
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     "@babel/preset-env": "^7.25.3",
     "@pinia/testing": "0.1.5",
     "@testing-library/jest-dom": "^6.4.8",
+    "@ungap/structured-clone": "^1.2.1",
     "@vitejs/plugin-vue": "^4.6.2",
     "@vue/compiler-sfc": "^3.5.6",
     "@vue/test-utils": "2.4.6",
diff --git a/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/src/components/chompb/preIngest.vue b/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/src/components/chompb/preIngest.vue
index 1be157a9fe..03566d1d9e 100644
--- a/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/src/components/chompb/preIngest.vue
+++ b/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/src/components/chompb/preIngest.vue
@@ -21,10 +21,14 @@ https://vuejs.org/guide/built-ins/teleport.html
                 </thead>
                 <template #actions="props">
                     <a @click.prevent="copyPath(props.rowData.projectPath)" href="#">Copy Path</a>
-                    <template v-for="action in props.rowData.allowedActions">
-                        <a class="is-capitalized" @click.prevent="actionPath(action, props.rowData.projectProperties.name)">
-                            {{ capitalizeAction(action) }}
+                    <template v-for="actionInfo in listAllowedActions(props.rowData)">
+                        <a v-if="!actionInfo.disabled"
+                           @click.prevent="performAction(actionInfo, props.rowData)">
+                            {{ actionInfo.label }}
                         </a>
+                        <span v-else>
+                            {{ actionInfo.label }}
+                        </span>
                     </template>
                 </template>
             </data-table>
@@ -36,6 +40,7 @@ https://vuejs.org/guide/built-ins/teleport.html
 <script>
 import DataTable from 'datatables.net-vue3';
 import DataTablesCore from 'datatables.net-bm';
+import axios from 'axios';
 
 DataTable.use(DataTablesCore);
 
@@ -91,19 +96,100 @@ export default {
 
         copyMsgClass() {
             return this.copy_error ? 'is-danger' : 'is-success';
+        },
+
+        actionMapping() {
+            return {
+                'velocicroptor_action': {
+                    'jobName': 'velocicroptor',
+                    'action': 'action',
+                    'label': 'Crop color bars',
+                    'confirm': true,
+                    'confirmMessage': 'Are you sure you want to crop color bars for this project?',
+                    'disabled': false,
+                    'method': 'post'
+                },
+                'velocicroptor_processing_results': {
+                    'jobName': 'velocicroptor',
+                    'action': 'processing_results',
+                    'label': 'View crop report',
+                    'confirm': false,
+                    'disabled': false,
+                    'method': 'link'
+                },
+                'velocicroptor_pending': {
+                    'jobName': 'velocicroptor',
+                    'action': 'pending',
+                    'label': 'Crop in progress',
+                    'confirm': false,
+                    'disabled': true
+                }
+            };
         }
     },
 
     methods: {
-        actionPath(action_type, action_name) {
-            return this.$router.push(`/admin/chompb/${action_type}/${action_name}`);
+        performAction(action_info, row_data) {
+            let projectName = row_data.projectProperties.name;
+            // Action requires confirmation, exiting early if the user cancels
+            if (action_info.confirm && !confirm(action_info.confirmMessage)) {
+                return;
+            }
+            if (action_info.action === 'action') {
+                Object.assign(row_data.processingJobs, { velocicroptor: { status: 'pending' } });
+            }
+            let actionUrl = `/admin/chompb/project/${projectName}/${action_info.action}/${action_info.jobName}`;
+            if (action_info.method === 'post' || action_info.method === 'get') {
+                axios({
+                    method: action_info.method,
+                    url: actionUrl
+                }).then((response) => {
+                    console.log("Successfully triggered action", actionUrl);
+                    this.copy_error = false;
+                    this.copy_msg = `"${action_info.label}" action successfully triggered for project: ${projectName}`;
+                    this.clearCopyMessage();
+                }).catch((error) => {
+                    this.copy_error = true;
+                    this.copy_msg = `Error encountered while performing action" ${action_info.label}" for project: ${projectName}`;
+                    console.log("Error encountered while performing action", error);
+                    this.clearCopyMessage();
+                });
+            } else if (action_info.method === 'link') {
+                this.$router.push(actionUrl);
+            }
+        },
+
+        getActionMapping(action_name) {
+            return structuredClone(this.actionMapping[action_name]);
+        },
+
+        listAllowedActions(row_data) {
+            let resultActions = [];
+            let processingJobs = row_data.processingJobs;
+            if (row_data.allowedActions.indexOf('crop_color_bars') > -1) {
+                let processingResult = processingJobs['velocicroptor'];
+                let processingStatus = processingResult ? processingResult.status : '';
+
+                // if status is completed, then allow processing again and allow viewing the report
+                if (processingStatus === 'completed') {
+                    resultActions.push(this.getActionMapping('velocicroptor_action'));
+                    resultActions.push(this.getActionMapping('velocicroptor_processing_results'));
+                } else if (processingStatus === 'pending') {
+                    // if status is pending, then display "Cropping in progress"
+                    resultActions.push(this.getActionMapping('velocicroptor_pending'));
+                } else {
+                    // if no status or any other status, then allow processing
+                    resultActions.push(this.getActionMapping('velocicroptor_action'));
+                }
+            }
+            return resultActions;
         },
 
         clearCopyMessage() {
             setTimeout(() => {
                 this.copy_error = false;
                 this.copy_msg = '';
-            }, 4000);
+            }, 5000);
         },
 
         async copyPath(project_path) {
@@ -117,17 +203,6 @@ export default {
                 console.error('Failed to copy: ', err);
             }
             this.clearCopyMessage();
-        },
-
-        /**
-         * For some reason the first word in an action doesn't capitalize correctly
-         * using CSS, though subsequent words do. So, just up case the first letter in the string.
-         * @param action
-         * @returns {*}
-         */
-        capitalizeAction(action) {
-            let text = action.replaceAll('_', ' ');
-            return text.charAt(0).toUpperCase() + text.slice(1);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/tests/unit/chompb/preIngest.spec.js b/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/tests/unit/chompb/preIngest.spec.js
index d6d8be9297..661cae5fe3 100644
--- a/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/tests/unit/chompb/preIngest.spec.js
+++ b/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/tests/unit/chompb/preIngest.spec.js
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
-import { shallowMount } from '@vue/test-utils';
+import { mount } from '@vue/test-utils';
 import preIngest from '@/components/chompb/preIngest.vue';
+import moxios from 'moxios';
+import structuredClone from '@ungap/structured-clone';
+
+global.structuredClone = structuredClone;
 
 let wrapper;
+let mockRouter;
 
 const project_info = [
     {
@@ -17,8 +22,9 @@ const project_info = [
             "projectSource": "files"
         },
         "status": "sources_mapped",
-        "allowedActions": ["color_bar_crop", "color_bar_report"],
-        "projectPath": "/test_path_one/file_source_test"
+        "allowedActions": ["crop_color_bars"],
+        "projectPath": "/test_path_one/file_source_test",
+        "processingJobs" : {}
     },
     {
         "projectProperties" : {
@@ -34,27 +40,111 @@ const project_info = [
         },
         "status": "sources_mapped",
         "allowedActions": [],
-        "projectPath": "/test_path_two/file_source_test"
+        "projectPath": "/test_path_two/file_source_test",
+        "processingJobs" : {}
     }
 ];
 
 describe('preIngest.vue', () => {
-    beforeEach(() => {
-        wrapper = shallowMount(preIngest, {
+    function setupWrapper(dataSet) {
+        mockRouter = {
+            push: jest.fn(),
+        };
+
+        wrapper = mount(preIngest, {
             global: {
                 stubs: {
                     teleport: true
+                },
+                mocks: {
+                    $router: mockRouter,
                 }
             },
             data() {
                 return {
-                    dataSet: project_info
+                    dataSet: dataSet
                 }
             }
         });
+    }
+
+    beforeEach(() => {
+        moxios.install();
+    });
+
+    afterEach(function () {
+        moxios.uninstall();
     });
 
     it("contains a table of projects", () => {
-        expect(wrapper.findComponent({ name: 'dataTable' }).exists()).toBe(true);
+        setupWrapper(project_info);
+
+        expect(wrapper.find('.datatable').exists()).toBe(true);
+        let rows = wrapper.findAll('.datatable tbody tr');
+        let actions1 = rows[0].findAll('a');
+        expect(actions1[0].text()).toBe('Copy Path');
+        expect(actions1[1].text()).toBe('Crop color bars');
+        expect(actions1.length).toBe(2);
+        let actions2 = rows[1].findAll('a');
+        expect(actions2[0].text()).toBe('Copy Path');
+        expect(actions2.length).toBe(1);
+    });
+
+    it("shows link to report if job is completed", async () => {
+        let updatedInfo = structuredClone(project_info);
+        updatedInfo[0].processingJobs['velocicroptor'] = { 'status' : 'completed' };
+        setupWrapper(updatedInfo);
+
+        let rows = wrapper.findAll('.datatable tbody tr');
+        let actions1 = rows[0].findAll('a');
+        expect(actions1[0].text()).toBe('Copy Path');
+        expect(actions1[1].text()).toBe('Crop color bars');
+        expect(actions1[2].text()).toBe('View crop report');
+        expect(actions1.length).toBe(3);
+
+        await actions1[2].trigger('click');
+
+        expect(mockRouter.push).toHaveBeenCalledWith('/admin/chompb/project/file_source_test/processing_results/velocicroptor');
+    });
+
+    it("clicking on the crop button causes request to be made", (done) => {
+        // suppressing error spam from jsdom when making http requests with moxios/axios
+        const consoleErrorSpy = jest.spyOn(console, 'error').mockImplementation(() => {});
+
+        setupWrapper(project_info);
+
+        moxios.stubRequest(`/admin/chompb/project/file_source_test/action/velocicroptor`, {
+            status: 200,
+            response: JSON.stringify({'action' : 'Start cropping for project file_source_test'})
+        });
+
+        // Mock window.confirm
+        const confirmMock = jest.spyOn(window, 'confirm');
+
+        // Mock return values for confirm
+        confirmMock.mockImplementationOnce(() => true);  // Simulate "Yes" click
+
+
+        moxios.wait(async () => {
+            let rows = wrapper.findAll('.datatable tbody tr');
+            let actions1 = rows[0].findAll('a');
+            expect(actions1[1].text()).toBe('Crop color bars');
+            await actions1[1].trigger('click');
+
+            moxios.wait(() => {
+                let request = moxios.requests.mostRecent();
+
+                expect(request.config.method).toEqual('post');
+                expect(window.confirm).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Are you sure you want to crop color bars for this project?');
+                // crop option should have changed from a link to a span
+                rows = wrapper.findAll('.datatable tbody tr');
+                let actions2 = rows[0].findAll('span');
+                expect(actions2[0].text()).toBe('Crop in progress');
+
+                consoleErrorSpy.mockRestore();
+                confirmMock.mockRestore();
+                done();
+            });
+        });
     });
 });
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diff --git a/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/tests/unit/chompb/velocicroptorReport.spec.js b/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/tests/unit/chompb/velocicroptorReport.spec.js
index d6c8039003..10d1f29ebb 100644
--- a/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/tests/unit/chompb/velocicroptorReport.spec.js
+++ b/static/js/admin/vue-cdr-admin/tests/unit/chompb/velocicroptorReport.spec.js
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ describe('velocicroptorReport.vue', () => {
 
     it("contains a data tables", () => {
         expect(wrapper.findComponent({ name: 'dataTable' }).exists()).toBe(true);
-        console.log(wrapper.html());
     });
 
     it("populates CSV download link", () => {
diff --git a/web-admin-app/src/main/java/edu/unc/lib/boxc/web/admin/controllers/processing/ChompbPreIngestService.java b/web-admin-app/src/main/java/edu/unc/lib/boxc/web/admin/controllers/processing/ChompbPreIngestService.java
index 5ba63a4cf3..4f1c015002 100644
--- a/web-admin-app/src/main/java/edu/unc/lib/boxc/web/admin/controllers/processing/ChompbPreIngestService.java
+++ b/web-admin-app/src/main/java/edu/unc/lib/boxc/web/admin/controllers/processing/ChompbPreIngestService.java
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ public class ChompbPreIngestService {
     private Path baseProjectsPath;
     private String serviceKeyPath;
     private String serviceUser;
+    private String chompbCommand = "chompb";
     private static final Set<String> VALID_FILENAMES = Set.of("data.json", "data.csv");
     private ExecutorService executorService;
 
@@ -39,7 +40,7 @@ public class ChompbPreIngestService {
     public String getProjectLists(AgentPrincipals agent) {
         assertHasPermission(agent);
 
-        return executeChompbCommand("chompb", "-w", baseProjectsPath.toAbsolutePath().toString(), "list_projects");
+        return executeChompbCommand(chompbCommand, "-w", baseProjectsPath.toAbsolutePath().toString(), "list_projects");
     }
 
     /**
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ public void startCropping(AgentPrincipals agent, String projectName, String emai
         assertHasPermission(agent);
         log.info("Starting cropping for project {} for user {}", projectName, agent.getUsername());
 
-        executeBackgroundCommand("chompb", "process_source_files",
+        executeBackgroundCommand(chompbCommand, "process_source_files",
                     "--action", "velocicroptor",
                     "-w", baseProjectsPath.resolve(projectName).toAbsolutePath().toString(),
                     "-k", serviceKeyPath,
@@ -161,4 +162,8 @@ public void setServiceUser(String serviceUser) {
     public void setExecutorService(ExecutorService executorService) {
         this.executorService = executorService;
     }
+
+    public void setChompbCommand(String chompbCommand) {
+        this.chompbCommand = chompbCommand;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/web-admin-app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/service-context.xml b/web-admin-app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/service-context.xml
index eae162f84b..c84f94d685 100644
--- a/web-admin-app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/service-context.xml
+++ b/web-admin-app/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/service-context.xml
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@
         <property name="serviceKeyPath" value="${boxctron.service.key}" />
         <property name="serviceUser" value="${boxctron.service.user}" />
         <property name="executorService" ref="chompbCommandExecutor" />
+        <property name="chompbCommand" value="${chompb.command}" />
     </bean>
 
     <bean class="edu.unc.lib.boxc.web.common.view.CDRViewResolver" p:suffix=".jsp">
diff --git a/web-admin-app/src/test/resources/server.properties b/web-admin-app/src/test/resources/server.properties
index b7813208dd..31bead2159 100644
--- a/web-admin-app/src/test/resources/server.properties
+++ b/web-admin-app/src/test/resources/server.properties
@@ -49,5 +49,6 @@ repo.dir=/tmp/deposit
 spoofing.enabled=false
 spoofing.emailSuffix=@example.com
 chompb.projects.basePath=/tmp/projects
+chompb.command=chompb
 boxctron.service.key=/path/to/key
 boxctron.service.user=user
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