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Workload Automation

Provide a configurable option in Dynamic Workload Console (DWC) to automatically populate the Job Stream field with a default value (such as /JOBS) when submitting predefined jobs.

In IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) version 10.2.3 and earlier, the Dynamic Workload Console (DWC) automatically populated the Job Stream field with the default value "/JOBS" when users submitted predefined jobs. Following the implementation of APAR I...
3 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Adding dependencies to individual run cycles

We'd like to be able to add dependencies to individual run cycles. We currently can't do this. We have a jobstream with multiple runcycles, but want one of those runcycle to follow another jobstream, not them all. We have to do it on the command l...
4 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Event rule for checking status of job / job stream at specific time where deadline or max duration is not defined

We had a use case where we need to create event to check the job status or job stream status at particular time interval , where we do not have any deadline or until or maxdur defined. It would be very useful to have event triggering at specific t...
4 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

SAP Jobs Not Showing RealTime Logs

Currently, SAP jobs display only an “Executing” message in the job log while they are running. However, we are unable to see which step has been completed or which step is scheduled to run next. The detailed status becomes visible only after the j...
6 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Enhancement for Secure Transport plugin: option to receive no error if there are no files to pull

Imagine the following scenario: We need to regularly check, every X minutes throughout the day, if a file is available on an external partner's SFTP. When a file is available, we must download it immediately, with a maximum delay of 5 minutes. To ...
6 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Add a "Reset Column Filters" option in Workload Designer to restore default column visibility settings.

Why is it useful? Currently, Workload Designer allows users to customize which columns are displayed in list views by checking or unchecking options from the "Columns" dropdown. However, there is no "Reset to Default" option to restore the origina...
6 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Restore advanced search capabilities in Workload Designer to match previous "Manage Workload Definitions" functionality.

Why is it useful? The current Workload Designer search functionality has regressed compared to the previous "Manage Workload Definitions" interface. Users now face two major limitations: Workstation Name search – Previously, users could directly s...
6 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Include Memory Utilization as additional option in Dynamic Pool requirements and enable multiple requirements selection

Dynamic pools does not have option to choose Dynamic Agents based on memory utilization, though memory is also being monitored on the server where the Dynamic agent runs. The workstation definition just has workload balance, CPU utilization, and l...
7 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Unintended job stream is being selected in DWC.

Could you please ignore this idea.
9 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Support RDS DB2 for MDM DB & DWC DB

Planning to deploy IWS to ROSA environment and there we want to use RDS Db2 for MDM and DWC. In the knowledge center, RDS for Oracle, RDS for MSSQL and RDS Postgres is documented, but RDS for Db2 is not listed. Could you support the RDS for Db2 also?
9 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration