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Optimize logs trace on IWS to keep track of actions by LDAP user

Actually the IWS if we make a connection to authenticate users by ldap, (MS Active Directory) on norma audit logs files (database / plan) all actions like create, delete, update any scheduling object, are keeping with twsusr owner and not the pers...
5 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

News Banner on IWS DWC portal after user login

If there option to add cusmised Colored scrolling or fix News Banner on IWS DWC portal after any Oprator login to portal,Thsi will be very usefull to anounce planned CRQ for IWS or DWC portal or Admin can put outage details in advance in News Banner
about 1 month ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Disable what-if analysis on DWC for Z Engine

There is no option to disable what-if analysis on DWC for Z Workload Scheduler. For the Distributed masters there is a global option to disable what-if, but a similar option is not available in Z workload scheduler. Please provide with an option i...
4 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

DWC - Viewing external dependency graphically from workload designer

It would be useful if the workload designer could show external dependencies between multiple chained jobstreams, to allow a better understanding of the scheduling network. Currently the designer only shows immediate predecessors for jobstreams. E...
10 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

A new field for occurences with the original ADID

Workload (dynamic and static) increases rapidly and the end of the CP planning period got hit regularly. To avoid this issue some woradounds are needed and already supported by PIF. PIF (e.g. WAPL) can create an alias occurence ids. However, the o...
9 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Extending the accuracy of the input arrival date time

Workload (dynamic and static) increases rapidly and the end of the CP planning period got hit regularly. To avaid complicated workarounds, the input arrival date time needs a better accuracy - at least to seconds. By increasiny the accuracy of the...
9 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

EQQSERVER avoid 878 abend by limiting connections

The EQQSERVER uses memory under 16 MB. If many jobs use the EQQSERVER, we get an S878. To avoid downtime, the number of concurrent connections must be limited. The server task should reject or queue new incoming connections (e.g. a FIFO queue). To...
9 months ago in Workload Automation 4 Future consideration

Use the same "Warning" logic , when we delete a Jobstream Object , IWS will alert the user if the jobstream is used in other Jobstreams as a dependency ogic

If you DELETE a "JOB" object from the IWS database and it is included in other Jobstreams , IWS will alert/Stop the delete command because its cross referenced in other Jobstreams. If we DELETE a "CPU" object , again IWS will alert/Stop the User f...
7 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Ability to filter objects listed in the Workspace area on DWC Workload Designer screen

The 'Manage Workload Definitions' page had a Filter option under the working pane that allowed objects within the working list to be located quickly and easily. There does not appear to be a way to filter the objects under the Workspace area in Wo...
about 2 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Implement security for creating, modifying and removing ETT

IWS provited a detailed protection for the most objects via authority groups.Creating, modifying and removing ETTs in the database does not have similar security features as the authority groups implements. It is just possible to protect ETT eleme...
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration