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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
May. 13, 2014
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Theresa M. Brown, Tucson, AZ (US);
Nicolas M. Clayton, Warrington, GB;
Joshua J. Crawford, Tucson, AZ (US);
Lokesh M. Gupta, Tucson, AZ (US);
Theodore T. Harris, Jr., Tucson, AZ (US);
Brian D. Hatfield, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew Sanchez, Tucson, AZ (US);
David B. Schreiber, Tucson, AZ (US);
Matthew J. Ward, Tucson, AZ (US);
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for using queues corresponding to attribute values and priorities associated with units of work and sub-units of the unit of work to select the units of work and their sub-units to process. There are a plurality of work unit queues, wherein each of the work unit queues are associated with different work unit attribute values that are associated with units of work, wherein a plurality of the work unit queues include records for units of work to process having work unit attribute values associated with the work unit attribute values of the work unit queues, and wherein the work unit queues are each associated with a different priority. A record for a unit of work to perform is added to the work unit queue associated with a priority and work unit attribute value associated with the work unit.