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Workload Automation

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Create Apple/Android TWS App to Manage Jobs and Schedules

Create an Apple/Android app that allows IT Operations to manage jobs using their mobile phone or tablet.
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Add a run cycle for an event rule

Having the equivalent of a run cycle in the job stream but for the event rules, which would allow an event to be available for instance from Monday through Friday
almost 11 years ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under consideration

Set the stream's priority at the run cycle/run cycle group too

I would like to see a feature added to the stream's run cycle(s) and the run cycle group(s) object to allow the ability to add a PRIORITY for that stream's run cycle or stream's multiple run cycles or run cycle groups. When there is a priority def...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

“Disable BDC Wait” for all jobs in one single global parameter in TWS configurations, instead of disabling it job by job

Today, we are not able to Disable BDC wait for all jobs at once. We should be able to do it in configuration that would affect all jobs globally. You can use the case below for reference TS002011039, as I was not able to add it to the correct fiel...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Event Rules Email Variables

Relating to event rules emails...We need variables to insert the JCL/Command of the job...and...one to insert the job log.
about 11 years ago in Workload Automation 4 Not under consideration

Support changing plan in monitoring views

Operations and developers frequently want to compare and contrast a job or job stream between production days. Letting DWC users select the production plan directly from a monitoring view instead of dismissing the view and generating a new one fro...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Add Job type to support AMQP protocol to Workload Automation on Cloud

We currently use the services of an ASP (SaaS) that has implemented message brokering via RabbitMQ. RabbitMQ has an MQTT plug-in so we currently use Workload automation's MQTT job type for this purpose. MQTT is more geared towards IoT, native AMQP...
over 5 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

Add job command to event rule variables for jobs

Add the job command to the list of variables available to event rules for jobs. Many other job attributes are available to event rules, but the name of the script or command for the job is not.
almost 12 years ago in Workload Automation 3 Not under 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

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