Occasionally you might need to force a job to start immediately.
While moving the job to a job queue that is not busy is the most efficient
method to accomplish this, there are some other methods that you can use.
To start a batch job, first check the status of the job queue in which
the job resides and determine if moving the job to another queue makes the
most sense for your situation. ()
If moving the job to another queue isn't feasible,
you can place the running jobs on hold and then move the job that you need
to start up in priority. However, use caution when using this method because
the held jobs are still included in the maximum active job count.
To change the priority of the job and indicate when it should run,
do the following:
- Right-click the job and click Properties.
- On the Job Properties window, click the Job Queue tab.
- Change the Priority on job queue to a higher
priority (0 is the highest).
- Set the When to make job available to run to
either Now or specify the date and time.
- Click OK.