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Workload Automation

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Extend IWS REST to contain more basic modificaton operations

Please add rest methods for IWS 9.5 to be able easily to do: Add a job into an existing jobstream – that should be a method with few parametersRemove a job from an existing jobstream - that should be a method with few parametersAdd a dependency in...
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

The job description cannot be displayed in the job flow view.

My client wants to see the job description in the job flow view.The job description is not be displayed, but the user wants to see it in the view.Since the description contains useful information which is the user want to see in the job steam flow.
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 4 Future consideration

Jnext Enhancement - Bring objects from DB to Plan without Jnext

1) We want to isolate any faulty FTAs from the current plan without the need of scratching it or refreshing it. If we find some FTAs are having issues after the generation of production plan which causes impact to the master, we should have some c...
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

TDWC to have ability to update more than one object simultaneoulsy e.g. like the TEXT EDIT function provided by TWS Webadmin

Horizont TWS webadmin has a text edit feature which allows multiple database objects to be edited at the same time. This may be multiple jobs, regardless of type or associated server. Likewise, multiple jobstreams regardless of the server the jobs...
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Use Local Resources Globally

A resource defined on a Dynamic Agent can not be used as a dependency on a job on another Dynamic Agent in the same Job Stream.
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

WHP IBM workload scheduler needs to be adapted to use the new SAP BO API

The FTAs are FTA159UP_1 (PRD) and FTA012LT_1 (TEST) the error when we lunch this webi pubblication report is Cannot cast class com.businessobjects.sdk.plugin it seems that the IBM workload scheduler needs to be adapted to use the new SAP BO API th...
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release

Gray out DWC options if user does not have access to IWS sec file

Manage workload definitions > Select engine > "Search job definition" > "Advanced" > "search for job name that dont have access, e.g. "Unau*" > "select all of them" > click edit
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Modify how DA launches a job to mimic how FTA launches the same job

FTA launches a job by first launching jobmanrc and then if LOCAL_RC_OK is set to true, it launches .jobmanrc in the logon user's home dir. In this process, it never sets the variable PATH. A DA launches a job by first launching taskLauncher.sh and...
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

DWC Tabs to be named with the name of the Task

1. When a Task is launched from System Status & Health -> All Configured Tasks, the Task is launched in the same tab replacing the Task List. 2. The tab for Task list should stay as a separate tab so that other taks can be launched from it....
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Not under consideration

Add proxy user credentials to Amazon EC2 Plugin configuration

Within our company connections to AWS are internet facing and routed via a proxy where we are required to provide user credentials. We would like the ability to provide the proxy settings within the plugin configuration file.
almost 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release