Enabling Default Job Queues for Form ID Prefixes and Form IDs

When the Environment is installed, you can use the Job Queue Defaults utility (jqdflt) to assign default job queues to applications (system codes) and data areas/data IDs. However, if you want to assign a default job queue to all batch programs whose form ID begins with a given prefix (such as "RW") or to a specific batch program (such as RW100), you must perform the setup described in this procedure.

When you add entries, the system assumes that a two-character entry is for a prefix and five-character entries are for form IDs. There is no validation of the value. If you specify a two-character entry that is a system code, it will be ignored (that is, jqdflt will not contain an additional entry for this value.

After you have added entries, they will appear at the top of the list of available system codes in the Job Queue Defaults utility (jqdflt.

To enable default job queues for form ID prefixes and form IDs

  1. Open the $LAWDIR/system/jqdflt_ext.cfg file in a text editor.
  2. At the end of the existing text in the file, add form ID prefix and form ID entries. Add one entry per line.
  3. Save and close the file.