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Workload Automation

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Remove 1,000 character limitation on the comment field of job stream objects

Prior to IWS v10.1, there was not a 1000 character limit. We often exceed this limit due to taking notes on each change to a stream. This is a business practice which we have used for over 10 years. Ever since the upgrade, we cannot add any more n...
over 1 year ago in Workload Automation 3 Future consideration

Use the same "Warning" logic , when we delete a Jobstream Object , IWS will alert the user if the jobstream is used in other Jobstreams as a dependency ogic

If you DELETE a "JOB" object from the IWS database and it is included in other Jobstreams , IWS will alert/Stop the delete command because its cross referenced in other Jobstreams. If we DELETE a "CPU" object , again IWS will alert/Stop the User f...
over 1 year ago in Workload Automation 1 Future consideration

conman to authenticate users through WAS/WLP and retrieve LDAP group to user information and authorize using group in assigni

DWC and composer are able to authenticate LDAP users and authorize using LDAP groups and assign security roles accordingly, but conman doesn't authenticate using LDAP hence can't authorize using LDAP groups and assign security roles. Separate ACLs...
about 4 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Planned for future release

Dynamic Workload Console 9.5 Audit Data

Dynamic Workload Console V9.5 has no audit tracking. Would like to see some type of log which tracks items like User Logon/off and user search and updates while in the tool.
over 4 years ago in Workload Automation 2 Future consideration

Disable what-if analysis on DWC for Z Engine

There is no option to disable what-if analysis on DWC for Z Workload Scheduler. For the Distributed masters there is a global option to disable what-if, but a similar option is not available in Z workload scheduler. Please provide with an option i...
over 1 year ago in Workload Automation 0 Future 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 ...
10 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 ...
10 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...
about 2 years ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

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...
5 months ago in Workload Automation 0 Future consideration

Two-factor authentication for DWC and Remote CLI

Provide capability to enable two-factor authentication for DWC and Remote CLI, e.g. AD authentication and SecureID passcode
almost 3 years ago in Workload Automation 1 Planned for future release