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Workload Automation

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Ability to group TDWC filters for jobs or jobstreams

The ability to group job or jobstream filters would be great help. Our monitoring team work with 180+ filters for jobs alone. Navigating this list is time consuming and cumbersome. Some are using the bookmark feature and then using sub folders wit...
almost 9 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Delivered

Add Job Duration to DWC Workload Monitoring

Duration of jobs for z/os is not listed on DWC but is available on the regual z/os panels.
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Delivered

IWA - add ability to define parameters for custom reporting, and add custom reporting interface to DWC

Add the ability to define parameters to custom reports, such as schedule start and end times, job and schedule names, etc. Currently, the queries can only be hard coded. To enhance this, add a custom reporting web interface in the DWC that identif...
about 6 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Delivered

Workload Designer - Working List collapse and expand feature

In the DWC, do not expand the working list every time something is clicked on or changed. If we have it collapsed, it should remain collapsed until we expand it.
about 6 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Delivered

Dynamic Workload Console (DWC) for z/OS Basics

Our team installed the DWC when upgrading to IWS 9.3 We are disappointed in the usability of this GUI.It's too basic.
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Delivered

zCentric SSL peer name validation

In our environment we have a TWSz controller connected to many zCentric agents. We wish to activate the SSL protocol to enhance security, but we have found that the agents only check for certificate validity, there is no option to restrict the con...
almost 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Delivered

Oracle E-Business plug-in - Concurrent program specific job definition panel

Having the IWS Oracle E-Business job definition panels display the specific parameter names and perform parameter validation based on the Oracle applications program selected for a given job would reduce job setup error and communication errors be...
almost 8 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Delivered

TDWC Monitor Jobs 'Hold with Successors' issue with function - Option to block the function is missing

Need to find a way to prevent users from using the "Hold with Successors" menu option .Would like to either prevent from security file or remove the menu option as there appear to be issues with it and we don't want people accidentally using it an...
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Delivered

• While removing job, application should prompt us with dependency details.

While removing job in TDWC, application should prompt us with dependency details.
almost 6 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Delivered

Include date/time on 251 events (unlink) to help in troubleshooting

We use/review TWS unlink events in our troubleshooting and can't tell when one happens as it isn't time stamped like other events.
over 7 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Delivered