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Job statistics page missing from DWC post 10.2.6 upgrade

We have large user community with Read only access to the scheduler. The jobs statistic page is one of the frequently used feature that has been removed with 10.2.6 upgrade. we would like to have that page to be added back into the Workload Design...
7 days ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

Enhancement over existing template.

Enhance current gcpclouddataflow plugin. This is a sample custom classic template for one of the Jobs that we have, could you please attach the template and the default parameters to the IBM ticketThe default parameters that we are looking for all...
6 days ago in Workload Automation 0 Submitted

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....
3 months ago in Workload Automation 1 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...
3 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Request for Enhancement: Prevent Multiple Master Roles in IWS

In IWS automatic failover configurations, after a failure and subsequent recovery, there is a possibility that multiple MDM/BKM instances with master roles may run simultaneously (split brain). In evaluation environment, this situation caused a ba...
about 2 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Under review

Create a new Windows Agent install process using something other than VBSCRIPT

VBSCRIPT is being decommissioned by Microsoft and therefore A new Windows Agent install process is needed to go forward into the future for the Windows Agent Software install process.
11 days ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Generate warnings when referencing a variable that hasn't been defined

It would be helpful if when adding or updating a job definition that references a variable, a warning should be generated if that variable hasn't been defined. This would be similar to the AWSJPL523W that is already generated by MakePlan in the me...
27 days ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Change the CIT Scanner installation path of the Agent on Windows machines

My customer has correctly installed an Agent 9.5.0.7 on a Windows 2016/2019 machine. After receiving error notifications for unavailable resource, they realized that the Scanner installed for the Agent had been deleted. Deepening the problem they ...
7 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Under review

DWC should fully support IBM DB2 databases at database jobs for stored procedures

At the moment the (documented) functionality at database jobs for stored procedures seems to be limited to four data types (DATE, DECIMAL, INTEGER, VARCHAR) according to the last (and only) available documentation about from version 9.3.0 (Databas...
4 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Under review

To be able to send events directly to ServiceNow Event manager to trigger alerts and create incidents based on those events.

Some companies don't allow writes directly to the incidents table, so this is an alternative method so send information to Servicenow
about 1 month ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release