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Workload Automation

New Workstation option to ignore for plan generation, but still allow manual submits

Currently, Workstations have the IGNORE option which blocks job streams from being scheduled into the plan. We have a need where we want to block job streams from being scheduled into the plan but still allow manual submission. Currently, our appr...
29 days ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Within DWC dynamic Workload Console can we have the filter that display's the number of criteria on the page to include "ALL"

This would list ALL the possible entries from the DWC query. Current settings are 10, 100 , 250 
21 days ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Auto Failover for IWA v10.1 DM and DDM Components

This RFE addresses the need for native auto-failover capabilities for Domain Manager (DM) and Dynamic Domain Manager (DDM) components in TWS v10.1, aiming to improve operational resilience and reduce downtime due to hardware any service crash duri...
3 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Would like an auto refresh or option to manually refresh the plan list so that when creating a forecast plan, it shows up in the list without needing to refresh entire browser session.

Currently, when creating a Forecast plan, it displays this message:         AWSUI0840I The creation of the plan "ForecastPlan2026_09_15" has been started and is running in the background. To verify that the plan has be...
about 1 month ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Improved CyberArk Integration and Vault-Based Credential Synchronisation

We would like to request enhancements to the current CyberArk integration within IBM Workload Scheduler (IWS) and support for additional vault solutions such as HashiCorp Vault. Current Challenges The current CyberArk integration retrieves passwo...
21 days ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Functionality to export,edit,import IWS Database Objects in Excel (or some other form of spreadsheets)

This is an idea to add a functionality to export/import IWS Database Objects to/from IWS DB. Many IWS customers are requesting a functionality to export IWS Database Objects to a spreadsheet, edit them, then bulk import the objects back to IWS DB....
11 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Support for multiple database hosts for Docker Compose deployments

In the Docker Compose setup for IBM Workload Automation (TWS and DWC), the DB_HOSTNAME variable accepts only one host. We have a database with a primary and backup host for failover, and in non-container setups (e.g., CLIConfig.properties), multip...
11 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 ...
7 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...
5 months ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

Ability to restrict the Rest API to specific user groups and rate-limiting

Currently, the Rest API can be used by anyone with access to the engine. We would like the ability to restrict that access to a specific user group or even source IP address or subnet. In addition, being able to rate limit Rest API calls would als...
about 1 year ago in Workload Automation Not under consideration

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