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Unable to do Simple Job Restart with TDWC

When using the TDWC we should have the options of simple job restart in the drop down menu for job recovery processing. Only have fast restart available. this is essentially procedural as we can “ready” the job as such there is a viable work aroun...
almost 12 years ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

Historical reports on custom fields

Currently, the TargetProcess tool does not support history reporting on custom fields. We have a custom field on entities called "Blocked," and we would like to monitor the time an entity spends in the blocked state. This functionality is crucial ...
6 months ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Under review

"~/appservertools/startAppServer.sh -directclean" option in the startup script iwa_init_<Installed User>

Hi Team, I was going through the script iwa_init_<Installed User> to set up the automatic start and stop for the OS reboots (specifically post OS patching). Earlier we faced issue with DB connection post OS patching. So we had to start the L...
10 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

Ability to import .csv as a background job and view logs at a later date

When you have a large .csv to import to adjust entities or perform a mass import, you have to keep the screen open whilst the action completes and to see the results at the end. If you navigate away (or you have a laptop issue), there is no way to...
about 2 years ago in Targetprocess / Other Integrations 0 Future consideration

Vizydrop and Views: Change layout of Access tab to see full names of Teams/Projects

If the name of the Team or Project is long, it's cropped in Access tab of the view/report setup. It's not possible to zoom in or out, while half of the screen is empty.
over 1 year ago in Targetprocess / Reports 0 Under review

Enhancement Request: Ability to Set 'SHOW ALL' as Default for Rerun Instances

It would be beneficial to have a configurable option to set 'SHOW ALL' as the default view for rerun instances in the job workload monitor. Currently, the default is set to 'Show Only Last,' which requires manual adjustment each time users need to...
about 1 year ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

IWS MDM software has had issues with STIG applied Linux servers. I requested it 2 years ago WAO-I-365.

Will allow us to run IWS software on STIG applied Linux and Windows servers required by Federal guidance. Reply | Jan 13, 2023 Why has this not been resolved? We are a public sector federal customer and STIG is required on our servers.It's hanging...
about 1 year ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Provide a option to export and import API keys when migrates from one MDM to another MDM Database

lets say we have 100+ API keys on MDM created by DWC, while migrating Database from one environment to another , we don't have option to extract/ export the API keys from MDM/ DWC. it is very difficult to create again 100+ API keys after migration...
over 1 year ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Check the OPENS dependency last

Check the OPENS dependency last. OPENS is satisfied BEFORE any FOLLOWS so when we check for database processes being there, the OPENS has already been done, and the the FOLLOWS hold the job up, and when it runs the database has come down.
over 3 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Every jobs dont repeat if the previous one has failed.

We would like an EVERY job to run in its next "time interval" even if it failed/error the previous attempt
over 3 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration