Batch Processing Software: Every Batch Window on Time
Run nightly and period-end batch with windows, calendars, and limits built in, and know before morning if anything ran long.
Batch processing runs groups of jobs, often overnight or at period end, without someone starting each one. JAMS Scheduler controls batch windows, calendars, and job order so the morning reports reflect a complete run.
The problem
When the batch window gets tight
Nightly batch keeps growing while the window stays the same size. When one job runs long or starts out of order, every report downstream is late, and the first sign is often a missing file the next morning.
How it works
Batch job scheduling with real dependencies
Each batch job moves through the same five stages. Queues and Resources decide how much runs at once, so the window fills without overloading anything.
01
Trigger
A time, file, job, variable, or email submits the job
02
Dependencies
The entry waits until every precondition is met
03
Queue and Resources
Limits decide what runs now and what runs together
04
Agent
Runs on Windows, Linux, UNIX, IBM i, OpenVMS, or z/OS
05
Result and Events
History, alerts, and recovery jobs fire on the outcome
Queues and Resources set how many batch jobs run at once and which ones can run together, so a heavy night doesn't overload the database.
Capabilities
Batch processing tools for period-end and nightly runs
Named Times
Define a batch window once and share it across jobs. JAMS Scheduler alerts when a job runs outside it.
Calendars and Date Types
Schedule against fiscal periods, holidays, and custom day types instead of the civil calendar.
Parameters and Variables
Pass dates, file names, and values into jobs so one definition serves many runs.
Runaway alerts
Get notified when a batch job runs longer than expected, and start a recovery job automatically.
Projected Schedule
See tonight's batch on a timeline before it runs, and spot collisions early.
History and logs
Every run keeps its status, duration, and full output log for later review.
See it before you talk to anyone
Click through JAMS Scheduler in a few minutes, no sign-up needed.
Customer results
Batch processing results from JAMS Scheduler customers
We are a department of three people, so partnering with the best providers, ones that have solid, easy-to-implement solutions that do not require constant maintenance, is key.
Gold Eagle
8 hrs/wk
Financial aid processing, down from 10 hours a day
University of Mary Washington
Migrations
Moving from another scheduler
Free migration tool
Move your jobs to JAMS Scheduler without rebuilding them
JUMP (JAMS Universal Migration Platform) converts your existing job definitions into JAMS jobs. Start with a free Dry Run report that previews every converted job before anything moves.
The Cutover video series
Watch a real migration, start to finish
Control-M to JAMS Scheduler
Start to finish, on YouTube
Tidal to JAMS Scheduler
Start to finish, on YouTube
ActiveBatch to JAMS Scheduler
Start to finish, on YouTube
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