Priority

Determines the order of job processing by Control-M in the Active Jobs database.

Additional information	Description

Usage	Optional
Format	2 alphanumeric characters
Default	Blank, which is the lowest priority
Case Sensitive	No
Invalid Characters	Single quotation marks; non-English characters
Alternate Names	Control‑M/EM Utilities: PRIORITY Control-M Report: PRIORITY Control‑M/Server Utilities: -priority Control‑M for z/OS: PRIORITY Control‑M/EM API: priority
Computer specific information
z/OS	A job may be so important that lower priority jobs must not be submitted until the important job has executed. Such a job is called a critical path job. If the first character of Priority in z/OS jobs is set to * (Asterisk), the job is marked as a critical path job. There is no relationship between the Critical parameter and the Priority parameter.

Active Jobs database prioritizing processing:

Priority order is such that 9>0>Z>A. The characters are not case sensitive.
The value for the priority parameter is a 2-character string. AA is the lowest priority. 99 is the highest. If a single character is specified, the uppercase letter A is automatically inserted as the first character. For example, priority 1 is treated as priority A1.
The next line shows priority values from the lowest (on the left) to the highest (on the right);
AA-A9...ZA-Z9, 0A-0Z, 01-09, 1A-19...9A-99

If a job that waits to be submitted (quantitative resources are not available), has a higher priority than a job that has all the quantitative resources available, the lower priority is submitted. However, by defining a job as critical, the user can force Control-M to reserve resources for the job, which ensures that it is submitted as soon as possible.For more information, see Critical.

Consult your Administrator for more information about the priority usage standards.

Parent Topic

General parameters