What is a recommended way to mitigate delays when batch jobs run infrequently?

• A. You must wait for batch jobs to finish; there is no workaround.
• B. Increase the batch job concurrency.
• C. Schedule manual reruns daily.
• D. Use report priority batch jobs that run more frequently.

Answer: (D)

When batch windows happen infrequently, delays come from work piling up in the queue. The best way to reduce that latency is to run the most important batch tasks more often by assigning them a higher priority and scheduling them on a tighter cadence. By making report-priority jobs execute more frequently, you refresh critical data sooner, keep queue lengths shorter, and deliver timely results to users. This approach uses the system’s priority and scheduling features to allocate resources to the tasks that matter most, without relying on a single, long-running batch window for everything. Less critical tasks can continue on the regular schedule, preserving overall throughput.

Other options tend to be less effective: simply increasing concurrency can cause resource contention without guaranteeing faster completion for high-priority tasks; waiting for batch jobs to finish offers no workaround when windows are sparse; and manually rerunning reports every day introduces unreliability and doesn't scale.