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Workload Automation

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Modify how DA launches a job to mimic how FTA launches the same job

FTA launches a job by first launching jobmanrc and then if LOCAL_RC_OK is set to true, it launches .jobmanrc in the logon user's home dir. In this process, it never sets the variable PATH. A DA launches a job by first launching taskLauncher.sh and...
about 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Can we have different Dependencies on Runcycles

extend the function on Runcycles
over 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Submit folder

We want to be able to submit a folder, with all its jobs/streams/dependencies into the plan. Just like you can submit an existing stream or job into the plan.
almost 5 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Schedule X working day of the month

Hello.When planning in a distributed environment from the graphical console, I don't see the possibility of planning a certain working day of the month, I have seen that it allows planning, for example, the second calendar day of the month, or the...
over 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Request to Add LDAP/NT/OAUTH Authentication Types to IBM Workload Scheduler - RESTful ,Webservices API Jobs

For using IWS RESTful , webservices jobs, the user' credentials have “Basic authentication with httpsurlconnection” to connect TWS REST endpoints. Request to Add LDAP/NT/OAUTH Authentication Types to IBM Workload Scheduler - RESTful ,Webservices A...
about 5 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Use optman parameter for progressive switchplan instead of modify script

Hello, Currently, there is two options to manage stop agent progression in switchplan : conman stop @!/@/@ \; wait \; noaskconman stop @!/@/@ ; progressive This two lines are in switchplan script in IWS install directory, one is commented the othe...
over 1 year ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Snow ticket creation after reading data from Excel which stores various details wrt to job

We have a requirement to automate the ticket creation using SNOW. All the IWA job details and the agreed priority (when there is a job failure) is stored in a separate Smartsheet. IWA will read data from Smartsheet to determine the priority and ot...
over 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

REST API only supports basic authentication

IWS REST API has basic authentication option only. which is not IBM security approved. Competitors like BMC COntrol-m provice REST APIs with more secure authentication like bearer authentication. the same must be provided on TWS's API.
almost 7 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Compression Plugin allow for wild cards when identifying files for archive

It seems as of now you need to specifically identify each file you want to add to an archive when using the File Compression Plugin with Workload Schedulers. https://yourautomationhub.io/detail/compression We have many cases where the file has the...
over 1 year ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

if we add the job in expired stream while saving it should send / flash the warning message to operator.

It should flash a warning message in TDWC/CLI while saving the job in expired jobstream, There is high possibility to add a job inside an expired stream which will be happening globally on all TWS projects.
about 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration