Overview

This section helps you to get familiar with the working procedure of jBASE background processing.

A background process can be used to execute a specific list of jobs or tasks. jBP is used to perform tasks, which do not require operator intervention and those tasks which require inputs that can be queued. Typically, these are batch-style processes such as reports or updates. The main benefit of using jBP is that you can perform lengthy operations in the background of the system, without occupying physical terminal devices.

Generally, an input to a process requires a terminal. For background task, you can queue this terminal for submission. The PH-START command prompts you for the list of commands or inputs required by the process.

Output that normally directs to a terminal (such as error messages) is directed to a spooler hold file for review later.