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IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS

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Seperate PDF Orientation in email attachments

This RFE is related to PDF email attachments. There is a parameter in ITOM PA that sets page size and orientation. The problem is that this parameter is universal, that is affects all PDFs, no matter distribution list. We have several departments ...
over 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 1 Planned for future release

Combine 12x BJT SOA rows into a 1x BJT SOA row

This request concerns the 12 rows added to BJTSOA for each archive. The continual addition of these rows and the insert activity visible via Query Monitor show the CPU requirement and I/O to use 12 rows to describe 12 attributes. Our request shoul...
over 2 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

ITOM enhancements request

We are asking the development to deploy these two functions: 1) We used to have a way of printing a report within an INDEX/VIEW in a batch job with CA-View. As far as we know, ITOM does not have this functionality. 2) When issuing the equivalent o...
about 3 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 0 Future consideration

SMF extract sample ALC program

ITOM should have a sample program (like they do with exit UX01) that will extract ITOM SMF records. It should reside in ITOM SBJTSAMP library. This program (ALC) should work without any changes and to execute this sample, user should just providea...
almost 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Add DBCS enablement support for ITOM

Our customer is using CA JMR and displaying their joblog in Double bytes Character (DBCS).Please add this function to IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS(ITOM).We imagine that SE command of SDSF would be supported on ITOM panel.
over 4 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

IBM Cloud Support Case CS1112453

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about 5 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Support the use of IWS Occurrence date in the ARCTIME parameter

Output Manager supports an Archive SYSOUT Configuration Parameter called ARCTIME. The purpose of this parameter is to designate the date and time to be associated with a given instance of output. Supported options are Capture, Job and Dataset. Whe...
about 6 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Add Automatic retention / expiration similar to CA Views ERO

add the process of assigning retention criteria within the product, and a batch or automated process that expired older archives and reports
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Freeze/Fix the top n lines of the report (header) while scrolling through the rest of the report

The ability to freeze or fix the top n lines of a report when viewing using the ISPF interface. There is currently the functionality to temporarily FIX a desired number of lines which is a command that has to be entered every time the report is vi...
about 8 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 0 Not under consideration

Provide ability to copy/paste portions of a sysout from the viewer

ITOM versions prior to v3 utilized the native ISPF facilities for viewing sysouts. This provided access to all the features of View/Browse, including the ability to utilize 'CC' line commands to copy portions of an output to another file for some ...
almost 9 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 1 Not under consideration