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Workload Automation

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Would like IWS/IWA to support Postgres as a backend database

Would like IWS/IWA to support Postgres as a backend database.
over 3 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

We would like event rules to trigger off of object changes in the database and in the plan

We would like to allow application teams to perform updates in our production environment and we would like to have an event rule trigger when objects are updated in the database and/or in the plan and then send the following information either th...
over 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Rerunning the single job does not create a new log but overlays the old log

Good evening, we have an idea about the functioning of job rerun in the case of individual jobs not belonging to a Jobstream. When we rerun a single job within its flow it correctly creates a duplicate entry of the same job on the console with a n...
11 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

allow job time dependency to be set relative to job stream input arrival to fix timezone DST issue

Allow job time dependencies to be set relative to the job stream input arrival time rather than from the Plan start time as it is currently. This is important for scheduling where the time zone of the workstation has different Daylight Savings tim...
almost 9 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Not under consideration

Ability to add dependencies to individual run cycles

Ability to add dependencies to individual run cycles. Currently can't. See highlighted example below of what is required. We have a jobstream with multiple runcycles, but want one of those runcycle to follow another jobstream, not them all. We hav...
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Allow the engine to load more than 250 AD Groups.

Currently when attempting to filter the Edit share list for available groups only 250 groups are shown in Available Groups. When we select All to share , in the Groups Selected for Sharing, all the groups should be visible so that we remove the Gr...
almost 2 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Not under consideration

Extended jobname in DWC

Customers running both the mainframe and distributed workloads often search for extended jobnames and require a view to display it
over 3 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Future consideration

Enhancements to Self-Service Catalog

There were some Features in the 9.4 Self-Service Catalog that our Business Partners depended on as critical functions. We would like some form of these functions / requirements returned to the 10.1+ Self-Service Catalog - The ability to see the ex...
11 months ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

Integration of TDWC and SPLUNK Real User Management

SPLUNK Real User Management provides insight into the user experience via a HTML based plugin for applications. It is used to simulate the user experience and collect data to provide a baseline for alerting/monitoring
11 months ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

Job stream copy in Dynamic Workload Console Workload Designer

This copy of the Jobstream will allow the user to revert back any changes made by deleting or pending the edited Application.
11 months ago in Workload Automation 5 Not under consideration