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Workload Automation

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Add ability to have common database credentials for jobs

Currently when database jobs are implemented, the DB login credentials have to be entered for each and every job. In the event of a password change in the database, this can require substantial manual effort and coordination to address. Provide an...
about 2 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Functionality already exists

Able to associate tags on scheduling objects

Able to add tags such as job owner, severity, queue name. Those tags would be usefull to filter out, send notifications, create incidents etc.
about 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

RESTART and CLEANUP on distributed d-centric agent

Facilitate adoption for d-centric agents, By allowing restart and cleanup. For usample we can use datastore to capture the output.
about 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

On executable job the argument BOX should be numbered and extendable to facilitate visualization/alteration.

On executable job, the argument BOX should be numbered and extendable to facilitate visualization/alteration. We are converting Control-m to IWs , and numbering the argument box will facilitate when you have to do some alteration on a parm. Exampl...
over 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release

TWS/IWS - develop integration with CyberArk to provide better security and password management.

As the need for tigher security increases, we are facing a need to better manage the passwords associated with IWS on Windows agents. We need to be able to change the streamlogon user (and the "TWS user") passwords more often, use a more challengi...
about 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

Non interactive account to install IWS

We need to be able to install the IWS MDM with a NON interactive Linux IPA service account. KPMG service accounts do not allow login nor can you 'su - ' to them. At thif tim version 9.5 and 10 require the TWS user account to have login capable int...
about 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

CyberArk CCP integration (OS User method - kerberos) with IWA

We are expecting you to develop a solution to have CyberArk integration with TWS application via . For now, CyberArk integration with IWA (TWS) is supported with CP and CCP method. In our environment, it is not possible to implement CCP using clie...
about 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Enable SSL configuration for Oracle database connections

We had planned to deploy IWS 9.5FP2 (MDM and DWC) into Amazon cloud however our environment is mandated to use SSL connectivity to RDS instances. Currently only DB2 supports SSL which is not an option for us as Oracle RDS must be used in our AWS e...
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

Additional Parameter Option for Filemonitor

We would like an additional parameter added to the filemonitor process to allow the ability to relocate a file that has been preciously found and recorded into the filemonitor database.
over 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Allow stream name alias on event rule.

We would like each time the monitored stream completes or errors (multiple times a day), a submitted stream gets alias with a unique name by the event rule. Aliasing a submitted stream is not functioning on IWS 9.5. Event Rule errors. For example:...
about 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration