RE: JOBPTY -- SYSTEM21

Jim,

We were having problems with job queues.  For us it wasn't so much the
priority that was the problem, but that if someone submitted a report or
longer running batch job it would stop despatch from operating.  We have
resolved the problem by setting up groups that use different job queues,
thus ensuring that people who submit quick jobs which they need quickly (eg
despatch) aren't held up by others.  This has worked well for us.

Thanks, 
Have a great day, 
Brad Cork. 
I.T. Manager 
Sheet Metal Supplies 
Phone: +61 2 9709 5000 | PO Box 4545 | 69 Gow Street 
Fax: +61 2 9707 9196 | Milperra Mail Centre | Padstow 
Mobile: 0412 250 142 | NSW Australia 1891 | NSW Australia 2211 
"I.T. - Making your life easier." 
The views in this e-mail not necessarily the views of Sheet Metal
Supplies.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Sehi [mailto:jsehi@hach.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 2 September 1998 23:36
> To: JBAUSERS-L@midrange.com
> Subject: JOBPTY
> 
> 
> I sent the email below to our JBA account representative.  
> Has anyone had
> trouble with this very same problem, and if so, what did you 
> do about it?
> 
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> 
> This is your reminder to forward this question on to others 
> in an attempt
> to resolve it...
> 
> I have noticed that various jobs within the JBA System/21 
> product are being
> submitted with different job priorities.  We have experienced 
> jobs that are
> never run.. or are run much later in the day because the job queue is
> generally pretty full.  If the job you are submitting is submitted at
> JOBPTY(5), other jobs may preempt the run of your job because 
> the job queue
> is constantly reshuffled depending on job priority.
> 
> For example, I submit program 21/AIS.  This job is submitted 
> at JOBPTY(3)
> even though the job in the job queue is pointing to job description
> IPGAMP4/IPGAMP which has a JOBPTY(5).  My user profile points to
> QGPL/QDFTJOBD which is set to JOBPTY(6).
> 
> 1.  I'm confused about how job priorities are assigned, 
> please explain.
> 2.  There doesn't seem to be a way to control these 
> priorities to ensure
> that all jobs are submitted with the same JOBPTY.
> 
> Thanks for your help!
> ******************************
> Jim Sehi
> Sr. Programmer/Analyst
> Hach Company
> 5600 Lindbergh Drive
> Loveland, Colorado  80538
> 
> Email:  jsehi@hach.com
> Phone:  970-663-1377  x2538
> Fax:  970-669-2932
> ******************************
> 
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