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    IWS CPU usage improvement for ETT data set CLOSE events

    Each IWS tracker subsystem on z/OS gets control during data set CLOSE processing in order to check, if this event is related to an ETT-defined data set (ETT = Event Triggered Tracking) in the EQQDSLST-file.If EQQDSLST contains many entries (severa...
    almost 8 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Planned for future release

    Changing variable substitution for sending emails when an alert condition occurs by the controller task to match the same behavior as job tailoring works

    As providing a multi-tenant system with TWS becomes increasingly important due to the decentralization of work to various groups within the company, it is beneficial to minimize the variations in rules for variable substitution for users. Therefor...
    over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

    "Add func" of an Application parameter would be good to the Error Handler layout (ended-in-error-list)

    Hello, I would have a suggestion for the TWS ended-in-error-list layout. In the TWS error handler, usually we set the required fields which help us for the error handling. It usually depends on the design how a customer use the Scheduler tool. ...
    about 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Future consideration

    Support $ as first Charakter for variables when using WAPL

    According to this: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/z-workload-scheduler-101-extends-orchestration-capabilities-managed-file-transfer-enhances-operational-experience-ai-streamlines-workflows-definition-renewed-workload-designer?region=US ...
    about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Future consideration

    Report of zCentric Agents

    Ability to run a report from z Workload Scheduler that produces a list of zCentric agent details including version, destination details and OS. This is helpful for version control and monitoring.
    8 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

    Implement security for creating, modifying and removing ETT

    IWS provited a detailed protection for the most objects via authority groups.Creating, modifying and removing ETTs in the database does not have similar security features as the authority groups implements. It is just possible to protect ETT eleme...
    over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

    PIF | RC to high while Insertion/Deletion of special resourse usage entrie in operation that already/not exist

    While inserting a special resource usage entrie at an operation that already exist (equal SR-name) PIF will end with RC 12. The same is happening while deleting an entrie, that does not exist. Return code 12 is too high and for example an WAPL-scr...
    over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

    Initialize Cobol Language Environment

    The product provides the capability to be customized with user exits. Since programming user exits with cobol is not a question of performance any more, they get rewriten from assembler programming language to cobol. Today, it is mandatory to crea...
    over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

    Full IBM support required of OMA (OPC Migration Aid) related modules used to migrate non IBM Scheduling Tools to IzWS.

    As part of a recent migration from the CA7 Batch Scheduling Tool to IBM's IzWS, a number of OMA (OPC Migration Aid) related modules, supplied by the IBM migration team, were integrated into our local environment. Noting these modules are a require...
    over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

    ZWS Support for SMF Exit IEFU86

    z/OS 2.3 introduced SMF Exit IEFU086, which is being recommended to use in place of IEFU83, IEFU84, and IEFU85 since it can handle the new extended SMF record header. IEFU86 is currently not documented nor is a customized sample version shipped wi...
    over 3 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 2 Future consideration

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