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Workload Automation

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Using event rule, I would like the behavior of the jobmaxdurationexceededevt0.timestamp variable to display differently

Using event rules, I would like the behavior either modified or customer configurable to allow the following: jobmaxdurationexceededevt0.timestamp should only display the yyyy/mm/dd HH:MM format, not the current format. jobmaxdurationexceededevt0....
almost 8 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

GROUP of application

Into IWS for z/OS you have the group definition where you can add multiple application. When you add th group to the planning ( 5.1) the IWS for z/OS manage automatically the dependencies between the applications. Into IWSD the concept of group do...
almost 8 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Feature to specify Hold Time

The current hold feature does not allow releasing the hold after a period of time. Requirement is for a feature to put a job on hold for a particular period of time.
almost 8 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

DWC - Operator acknowledgement of jobs in error for ease of managing multiple controllers

DWC - Operator acknowledgement of jobs in error for ease of managing multiple controllers.
almost 8 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Unusable ordered list of Job within the DWC Monitor Jobs table view

Defining a complex Job Streams with a clear sequence of Job execution and submitting it, you can easily monitor the Job sequence execution using the Job Stream graphical view in the Plan while the order is unpredictable and not usable if you refer...
over 9 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Conman submit using alias does not honor TWS Security.conf rules. Request to force alias name to comply with security.

When using conman to submit a schedule or job with the alias keyword, users are allowed to name the schedule in a way that does not honor the Security.conf rules. This creates a situation where the user will be unable to manipulate the schedule on...
over 9 years ago in Workload Automation 3 Future consideration

TDWC current plan add issues

 When adding an application into the current plan VIA the TDWC there is no way of changing the jobs in the app. For example- if you need to change a workstation we can't as it don't list the jobs in the app when doing the add operation. Also  Yo...
over 11 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Future consideration

"~/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...
5 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

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...
8 months 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...
8 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration