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Workload Automation

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No Operation

The No Operation field does not show up on the Plan List nor can it be seen on the Data Base in View Mode.
about 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

TWS event rule to monitor files in a Folder

TWS event rule needs to monitor file changes in certain folder and submit a job for sync in other server. For Example Master server's methods folder will be having its connected SAP server's .opts file. If any changes happens to any of the .opts f...
about 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

TDWC does not have the flexibility of 5.1 in ISPF TWS dialog

The flexibility of 5.1 in ISPF TWS dialog is not available in TDWC - see TS001756747 Above asks for a PMR iD but PMR's have been replaced by case numbers (Sales Force) but this system does not recognise case numbers!
about 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Additional job EVERY behaviour

A new job EVERY feature that makes a job rerun instance always run on its defined frequency, without being dependant on the ending of the previous instance. Now, a new job instance is created after the previous instance has ended. Sometimes multip...
about 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Enhance RUNCYCLE EXCEPT Logic

Currently RUNCYCLE EXCEPT will prevent a job stream from running on a specific day (defined by calendar or any other means.) We would like the EXCEPT to optionally shift the run date to the next working day (or previous working day) In other words...
about 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

HashiCorp integration with IWS for secure connection between DB and IWS master

There should be a way to intigrate HashiCorp with IWS .We saw security team in organation asking to use Hashicorp to secure the connection/authentication between IWS master and oracle database as we are using XML file to pass password/Username (ev...
about 2 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Future consideration

Allow event handler to specify Variable Table to start job/stream

An event handler action which starts a job and/or stream should be able to specify a variable table to be used. In addition, it should be possible to run an executable with parameters to determine the variable table name. An absolute name could be...
over 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

IWA - Dynamic Agent job persistance on "no resource found" error

Add the ability to define jobs that run on a dynamic agent to not error if there is no resource found to run the job. Currently, if all agents defined for the job are down, the job results in an error and must be manually rerun. Add the ability fo...
over 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Dependency(File,Resource etc) should contain wait & timeout options

Dependency(File,Resource,prompt etc) should contain wait & timeout options
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Administrator permission should not be required on Windows

Programs such as conman and composer should not require Administrator permission on Microsoft Windows.
over 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration