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PINNED Configure maintenance flyouts
User interface settings include the option “Show maintenance notes”. How can I as onprem-backend administrator configure and switch on such flyouts to inform my users about upcoming maintenance?

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Customizing the device icon status color in NCPGUI topology network views

We should also be able to highlight the device status using a different color on the device icon status for a specific alarm coming from the object server through the gateway.
almost 6 years ago in Tivoli Network Manager 1 Future consideration

ServiceTemplate to return parameter description

http://207.229.22.143:7001/nsm/servicetemplate/264/deviceid/38066 has to show parameter descriptions for clientParameters and clientParameterLists
almost 6 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 4 Future consideration

Rename the provisioning configuration files on FTP server

Rename the provisioning configuration files on FTP server. File based provisioning creates configuration files with provided names. During Port swap, there is the need to rename these files with provided names and not changing the content.
almost 6 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 1 Future consideration

Append config filename to the backup file content

Append config filename to the backup file content E.g.content line 1content line 2...#fileName: MAC12345/SN12345_1.cfg
almost 6 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 1 Future consideration

REST API to rename the device

Provide ITNCM REST API to rename the deviceE.g. POST http://host:port/nsm/device/rename/oldname/newname
almost 6 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 1 Future consideration

Notification report variable table

An event handler action to "Send email" should be able to include a %{fileCrtEvt1.VariableTable} variable whenever a job stream or a job is running as part of a stream is involved. It may be empty if the stream uses no variable table or the job wa...
about 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Access device through jump server

Provide jump server facility in ITNCM, to let the Worker access the device through jump server. Allow/Deny this facility through global property.
about 6 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 1 Future consideration

EQQUX001 for DDRIVEN

Hi The EQQUX001 used by the IWS for Z/OS doesn't exist into the DDRIVEN component. In case of migration from IWS for z/OS to IWS Distributed it's important to reproduce the same function with DDRIVEN
about 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Avoid substring XPATH evaluation from GC definition

Ignore Evaluation XPATHs which are substrings of other XPATHs in the same definition
about 6 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 2 Future consideration

REST API to bring Filebased device into Managed

Requesting ITNCM REST API like 'IMPORTFROMDEFAULTFILE' that will automatically create a file with targeted NetworkResource name and dummy content at the path specified in FTP GR . And import that file to bring the Filebased Staged NetworkResource ...
about 6 years ago in Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager 1 Future consideration