WRKACTJOB Discrepancies

V5R1 iSeries. Don't ask why ('cause I don't know), but I ran WRKACTJOB on
two different sessions, under the same profile (mine). The CPU % on one
session shows 24.3, but on the other session it shows 6.9.

I have refreshed (F5) several times on both sessions and the wide variance
still shows up (though, of course, the numbers change slightly). The
WRKACTJOB for session D3 registers as .00, even after several refreshes, for
the WRKACTJOB run from session D2.

I signed off of both sessions and logged in again. Now the difference is
minute.

What am I *not* understanding here? I have usually relied upon the
WRKACTJOB command to let me know who or what is impeding progress on the
system and used F5 to refresh the display.

Thanks.

Session D2:

Work with Active Jobs DTO


08/13/12
12:23:10

CPU %: 24.3 Elapsed time: 05:49:54 Active jobs: 127





Type options, press Enter.


2=Change 3=Hold 4=End 5=Work with 6=Release 7=Display message


8=Work with spooled files 13=Disconnect ...





Opt Subsystem/Job User Type CPU % Function Status


QBATCH QSYS SBS .0 DEQW


DTOORDERS AJERRY BCH .3 DLY-600 DLYW


QCMN QSYS SBS .0 DEQW


QCTL QSYS SBS .0 DEQW


QSYSSCD QPGMR BCH .0 PGM-QEZSCNEP EVTW


QINTER QSYS SBS .0 DEQW


D2 AJERRY INT 4.6 CMD-WRKACTJOB RUN


D3 AJERRY INT .0 CMD-WRKACTJOB DSPW


G1 ASANDY INT .0 PGM-CHGAPPSC DSPW




Session D3:

Work with Active Jobs
DTO

08/13/12
12:23:07

CPU %: 6.9 Elapsed time: 00:00:50 Active jobs: 127





Type options, press Enter.


2=Change 3=Hold 4=End 5=Work with 6=Release 7=Display message


8=Work with spooled files 13=Disconnect ...





Opt Subsystem/Job User Type CPU % Function Status


QBATCH QSYS SBS .0 DEQW


DTOORDERS AJERRY BCH .0 DLY-600 DLYW


QCMN QSYS SBS .0 DEQW


QCTL QSYS SBS .0 DEQW


QSYSSCD QPGMR BCH .0 PGM-QEZSCNEP EVTW


QINTER QSYS SBS .0 DEQW


D2 AJERRY INT 2.4 CMD-WRKACTJOB DSPW


D3 AJERRY INT 2.9 CMD-WRKACTJOB RUN


G1 ASANDY INT .0 PGM-CHGAPPSC DSPW


Jerry C. Adams

IBM i Programmer/Analyst

When designing a program to handle all possible dumb errors, nature creates
a dumber user.

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