Performance control by queue selection (non-APPC)

The PRTY parameter has no effect in an APPC scheduling environment. If you code PRTY, the system will check it for syntax and ignore it.

You can specify the priority at which the sysout data set enters the output queue by coding:

  
   //name OUTPUT PRTY=nnn

Use the priority to increase a sysout data set's priority so it will be printed sooner than it otherwise might have been.

Ignoring priority: The installation can instruct the system to ignore a priority specified on an OUTPUT JCL statement.

Example:

  
//OUTA  OUTPUT PRTY=255  
//MYDS  DD     SYSOUT=F,OUTPUT=*.OUTA

This example requests the highest priority possible.