Nothing you do with an activation group can ever make a different to
other JOBS running on the system. It can only affect programs that are
running in the SAME JOB.
Is there any harm in using QILE for everything? IMHO, you shouldn't
use QILE. Since QILE is the default value for the ACTGRP parameter,
many, many things use it. When you write your own software, you often
want to reclaim it, etc.. During testing, if nowhere else.
So, in my opinion, instead of using QILE for everything, you should pick
your own activation group name, and use THAT for everything. For
example, I work for Klement's Sausage, so I might make all of my
programs run in ACTGRP(KLEMENTS). That way, I know I can reclaim the
activation group without unloading any 3rd party tools that might have
loaded themselves into QILE. (Technically, I could mess up other
prgorams using 'KLEMENTS', but in theory, I'm responsible for those, so
that's my own problem! On the other hand, it's hard to predict what a
3rd party software will do.)
IMHO, it's just as easy to pick an activation group of your own name and
use it everywhere as it is to use QILE, so you may as well do that and
avoid potential problems.
But, it wouldn't ever affect other JOBS, only other programs in the same
job. Remember, an activation group is a sub-component of a job. Just
as a field is a sub-component of a record. If you change the contents
of a field, it won't affect other records, even if they have the same
field name! Likewise, if you change an activation group, it won't
affect other jobs, even if they have the same activation group name.
Glenn Gundermann wrote:
If I use a named activation group like QILE, does this affect any
other job on the system running in the same named activation group?
I.E. Is there any harm in using QILE for everything or is it best to
use different names for every program that you want to run in a named
activation group, like AR, AP, GL, MENUOPT1, PGMABC, etc.?
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