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IBM Z Workload Scheduler

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Protect TWS Subresources for ETT, JV, RD and SR with authority group id

Implement the field authority group id for TWS objects ETT, RD, JV and SR and protect the access to the objects via new RACF subresources(the same way as applications with subresource AD.GROUP)
about 8 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Improve the interface between zWS and CDP so that CDP continues to work with zWS if the USS filesystem is moved or restarted on a different LPAR (AUTOMOVE)

There are 3 inter-related requests here all for CDP/zWS interface (parameter CDP(YES): (1) a command to force a SWITCH of the CDP logs (similar to what is available for the SWITCHMLOG) (2) a command to force the CDP interface to start up again (wi...
8 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Cross Dependency: "Real Time" status in shadow Job

If we use automatic recovery statements (e.g. to insert a new application as new predecessor) the workstation status of shadow jobs don't change from E to W. IWS changes the status of the shadow job after the recovery action is completed (the new ...
8 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Enable a confirmation panel after the TWS panel EQQMEP1L (5.4)

We need to enable a confirmation panel after the TWS panel EQQMEP1L (5.4) to complete a job with an error state. Currently, there is no post-EQQMEP1L confirmation panel that requires you to verify a job data before completing your job. Because of ...
8 months ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Possibility to save in a file the list of all dependencies by running it in batch or save the list under ISPF.

We have the need to export the list of all dependencies of an application in a file. Currently this list is only available under ISPF (Option 9 ALL DEPS of SELECTING APPLICATION OCCURENCE AND OPERATION INFORMATION) We'd like to have a WAPPL comman...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Enhance Long Duration Alert Message Information for Usability

The Long Duration alert message should be enhanced to provide additional information that will assist in quicker assessment and analysis. Additional information requested to add to the message:* Run Cycle * Job start time* Jobs estimated duration*...
about 7 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Support Applicationgroups in LTP

Description:It should be possible to add or delete complete application groups in the LTP. We need the same support for application groups in LTP as in CP (Add Group / Delete Group) Use case:Currently I can only add or delete a single occurrence i...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Time-Dependency-Flag in LTP

So it should be possible to display and change the time dependency flag for an operation in LTP. A single letter field with Y/N that can be changed in addition to the operation IA that could already be modified in the LTP. Use case:When we want to...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Modify the workstation of operations in the LTP

We want to have the option to modify the workstation when adding an application into the LTP. So we can use the same methods in LTP as in CP. Use case:Very often we get requests like: 1. Plan the application X for date Y. Only the jobs 10 to 12 sh...
over 1 year ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Allow additional custom actions to DWC "More Actions" menu

Currently DWC only allows for one Custom Menu (url) to be displayed in the "More Actions" menu using the twsObjectDoc section of TdwcGlobalSettings.xml . We have a requirement to have more than one Custom Action for jobs/jobstreams to point to mul...
about 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

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