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HP Easytime/XL Tasks
Jobs
The job appears in the job queue with the status ON HOLD and will not
start until you take it off hold.
Take Off Hold
If one of more jobs are on hold, they must be taken off hold before they
can run.
1. Select one or more jobs with the status On Hold.
2. Press
F2 A to open the Actions menu.
3. Press
O for Take off Hold.
The job appears in the job queue with a status of ACTIVE or READY.
Suspend (Interrupt) a Job
This task suspends (interrupts) a job in progress. If system resources
are limited, you can speed up the processing of some jobs by suspending
other, less critical jobs.
1. Select one or more jobs with the status Active.
2. Press F2 A to open the Actions menu
3. Press
P for Suspend.
The job stops and its status changes to SUSPEND. The job will not
continue until you resume processing.
Resume a Suspended Job
1. Select one or more jobs with the status Suspend.
2. Press F2 A to open the Actions menu.
3. Press
R for Resume.
The job continues to run from the point where it was suspended.
Move Job to Top of Queue
If you are the system administrator, you can move a job to the top of the
queue by changing the job status. It becomes the next job to run.
1. Select one or more jobs from the Job Management screen.
2. Press
F2 A to open the Actions menu.
3. Press
N for Run Next.
Limiting the Number of Jobs
If you are the system administrator, you can limit the number of jobs
running at one time on the system. If the job limit is set at 5, only the
first 5 jobs can begin processing. Subsequent jobs have a status of
READY and wait in the job queue until one of the active jobs ends.
