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Workload Automation

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Filters in IWS output collector

Our IWS environment include both PROD and TEST jobs in the same controller but now a new "requirement" has arised to the the output collector that collect the distributed joblogs and transferred them to the mainframe. Today, when installing the IW...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Modifying an Application screen

Would like to see if there is fix for this issue:why when an application in panel ‘Modifying an Application / EQQAMGPP' is selected with the modify (M) and you go through screens and do NO update and you just pf3 out of the application it will sho...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Is a defect

Allow variable tables to be specified in a hierarchy

The limit of one, and only one, variable table to be specified limits reusability. It leads to redundancy and inhibits efforts to apply DRY (Don't Repeat Yourself) principles. This raises both development and maintenance cost.
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Make the 4 minutes fixed deadline of ONOVERLAP DONOTSTART flexible or provide a new option

We need to be able to add a waiting time to the ONOVERLAP DONOTSTART setting in a stream, this is now hard coded to 4 minutes.OrProvide us with a new option, something like ONOVERLAP CANCEL. Which would cancel itself automatically when the next in...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

In IWS Scheduling Factory submitJobStream add Variable Table parameter.

submitJobSream only supports jsname, start time and alias. For my needs passing a Variable table is required.
almost 3 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Functionality already exists

Add Restart Workflow from Task capability to IWS PowerCenter Plugin

The current PowerCenter Plugin allows for restarting a failed task, but does not continue the rest of the workflow after that task is successful.
almost 3 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

SAP jobs been deleted doesn't have any control from scheduling tool

SAP Jobs being constantly deleted or manually released by the end-user, causing the job in TWS side to loose its reference with the SAP job and failing, impacting the business. We'd like to have a solution developed and embedded in TWS to either s...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Windows user rights absolutely needed for IWS to working fine

Product: IWS 9.3.0.3OS: Windows 2016 We are installing IWS on Windows OS but, for internal security policies, some user rights are not allowed to be assigned to any user (as they are high privileged).IWS requires some rights, as per documentation....
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Apply filer to Workload Dashboard before opening

The Workload Dashboard in DWC 9.3 (GA-FP3)/9.4 (GA-FP2) can take an undesirably long time to return results after opening when working on larger TWS environments with multiple engine definitions. The ability to filter engines from the dashboard re...
almost 6 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Limits by combining multiple job streams

Today we can set limits at Workstation level and Job Stream Level. However if we have to have a combined sub limit for multiple job streams, it is hard to achieve. Requirement is for grouping of job streams and setting a limit on them.
almost 3 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Functionality already exists