Setting priority for hopped jobs - MediaConvert
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Setting priority for hopped jobs

When you set up a job for queue hopping, you can specify the priority for the job in the new queue. If you don't specify a new priority, the job keeps the priority number from its submission queue.

If you use different guidelines for choosing the values for priority between the two queues, make sure to specify a new priority value for the job in the destination queue.

For information about setting the job's priority within the submission queue, see Setting job priority.

The following tabs provide different options for setting the priority of a hopped job.

Console

To set the priority of a hopped job in the MediaConvert console:

  1. Open the Create job page in the MediaConvert console.

  2. Choose Job management from the Job settings menu.

  3. Enable Queue hopping.

  4. Enter the Job priority for when your job hops to its destination queue.

  5. Enter both Wait minutes and Destination queue. For more information, see Moving a job to a different queue.

API, SDK, or the Amazon CLI

You can set up a hopped jobs new priority by using the API, SDK, or the Amazon CLI. To set it up, configure Priority under HopDestinations. This property is a direct child of Jobs, which is in the top level of the JSON job specification.

The following is an excerpt of a job settings JSON that sets a hopped job's priority to 25.

{
	"Settings": {
		"OutputGroups": [...],
		"Inputs": [...]
	},
	"HopDestinations": [
		{
			"WaitMinutes": 10,
			"Queue": "arn:aws:mediaconvert:us-west-2:111122223333:queues/ondemandqueue",
			"Priority": 25
		}
	]
}

For more information, see the MediaConvert API Reference.