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| JOB Queue (JOBQ) in AS400 |
Introduction to Job Queue (JOBQ)
Job Queue is an object of type *JOBQ in AS400 and all the submitted jobs go in the Job Queue and wait for their turn to be processed.
WRKOBJ for JOBQ object
Use the following command to look for specific JOBQ.
WRKOBJ OBJ(EASYCLASS) OBJTYPE(*JOBQ)
JOBQ object using work with objects.
Opt Object Type Library Attribute Text
EASYCLASS *JOBQ QGPL
Work with Job Queue (WRKJOBQ)
The Work with Job Queue (WRKJOBQ) command allows displays the overall status of all the Job Queues or the detailed status of a particular Job queue.
Parameters of WRKJOBQ command
JOBQ
Possible values are Job queue name, Generic Job queue name like EASYCLAS*, Qualified Job queue name (qualified with the library), *ALL. For Qualified library name (*LIBL, *CURLIB, *ALL can be specified).
Here, *LIBL means All libraries in the library list are searched for the Job Queue object. *CURLIB means the current library is searched if it's specified. If not specified QGPL library is searched for the Job queue object. *ALL means All libraries in the system including QSYS gets searched for the Job Queue object.
OUTPUT
Possible values are * to display the status of the specified Job queue, *PRINT to print the status of the specified Job queue.
Display Status Information of specific(QINTER) Job Queue
The below command will display the detailed status information about the job queue QINTER in library QGPL.
WRKJOBQ JOBQ(QGPL/QINTER)
Each below job in the Job queue is identified by Job Name, User, Job Number, its priority and we can also see its status.
Work with Job Queue
Queue: QINTER Library: QGPL Status: RLS/SBS
Type options, press Enter.
2=Change 3=Hold 4=End 5=Work with 6=Release
Opt Job User Number Priority Status
PRTLIB MADASU06 394000 5 HLD
EXPITMSJOB ANOOJA12 479267 5 HLD
EXPITMSJOB ANOOJA12 481475 5 HLD
EXPITMSJOB ANOOJA12 481613 5 HLD
EXPITMSJOB ANOOJA12 481626 5 HLD
EXPITMSJOB ANOOJA12 483067 5 HLD
EXPITMSJOB ANOOJA12 483453 5 HLD
MAINSCREEN GOUSE02 495062 5 HLD