Job Queues

Job queues process all submitted batch jobs. Batch jobs run at a lower priority than online programs. However, by managing the job queues, you can further control the job priority of jobs and prevent too many jobs from running at one time. For example, you can schedule batch jobs that take a long time to process to run overnight.

In addition to the default queue that is delivered, you can define other job queues. For example, you can define a queue called "Night" for large jobs that you want to run when end-users are not on the system. This queue would have a low priority. You could also define a queue called "Rush" that would override other jobs whenever a job was sent to it.

By using Lawson Security, you control access to job queues through security rules written against specific job queues, including the default job queue.