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Late Prompting for Jobs

Use the LATE status to determine whether processing is on time. The PROMPT field on the job definition panel defines turning prompting on or off or whether a job is eligible for a LATE status in the queues. We recommend that you use the LATE status to determine whether processing is on time.

For some jobs, the LATE status has no use. Assume that you have LATEPROMPT=LATE on the OPTIONS statement in the initialization file and PROMPT=N on the job definition panel for a job. That job never has a LATE status in the queue nor does LATE prompting occur.

Business Value:

Controlling the use of LATE prompting in your environment improves performance.