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Workload Automation

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Add operator instruction for jobs and jobstreams as Z workload Scheduler

We ask to have the possibility to define the operator instructions in the product, as there is for the Z version. As an alternative solution, we ask to be able to see the comments field of the jobs and job streams in the current plan by all the dw...
4 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Ability to customize the version 10.1 Workload Designer.

To make the Workload Designer fit the needs of the customer end users. We will like to have the ability to customize the Workload Designer.These are the customizations possibilities we will like to have in the Workload Designer: 1 . The ability to...
4 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

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4 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Not under consideration

Add Ability to Run Datagather for FTA/DA/MDM from TDWC and sftp to TDWC tmp directory

An enhancement that allows an admin to run a datagatherer from the TDWC for any FTA/DA/MDM and have the file placed on the TDWC server would reduce time to get datagatherer to IBM support. Most large Environments seperate duties and IWS admins do ...
9 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Search for objects that use another object

In our old workload automation software, Automic, the GUI provided a function called "Search for Use." This would allow you to select an object, for example a Run Cycle Group, and list all of the other objects (Job Stream) that reference that Run ...
9 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

To be able to control how broker jobs execute, alphabetically vs based on start time.

Currently dynamic broker jobs execute in alphabetical order and if jobs back up for any reason, then jobs at higher alphabet order execute first and lower alphabet jobs wait even though start time was in past. This causes SLA's to be missed and no...
almost 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Disable and make selection of the Verify Host - Jobtype Job Stream Submission flag optional

Verify the possibility of Disable and make selection of the Verify Host - Job type Job Stream Submission flag optional. We currently have customers using version 9.4 and have set this option which is default when creating new jobs. From version 10...
10 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Would like to go with Agentless setup for SAP S/4 on Azure Cloud.

No binary files need to be installed for Dynamic Agent on Cloud VM
5 months ago in Workload Automation 4 Needs more information

Monitor and or lock down actions on variable tables

A user set one of their variable tables as the default table and we would like to be able to be alerted on this action at the minimum or at a maximum lock down this action so that only certain users can perform this action.
5 months ago in Workload Automation 1 Functionality already exists

User lodged in cyberark as auto password cannot access composer with the password withdrawn from cyberark

User lodged in cyberark as auto password cannot access composer with the password withdrawn from cyberark as the authentication also depends on the authentication.xml file and not only on useropts file. This is causing audit issues and in TWS V9.4...
5 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Under review