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IBM Z Workload Scheduler

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PIF support for StepLevel Awarness

StepLevel Awareness (STEPINFO(YES)) brings benefits for operation problem solving via dialog - but in huge environments (millions of OPs) and a big disaster this way over dialog is not useful. So StepLevel Awareness should be provide a PIF interfa...
about 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

UNISON_SCHED_IA value be the LOCAL time (NOT GMT TIME) of z/OS

The UNISON_SCHED_IA value shown in the JOBLOG of an operation run on a FTA that is DIRECTLY attached to the E2E server (NO MDM used) is going to be the GMT time (NOT LOCAL TIME) of z/OS when the job is submitted. The JOBLOG will show the correct ...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Not under consideration

Add SPACES delimiter in WAPL VARSET WORD

On the Bell Canada account, in the WAPL code used to migrate a Z batch scheduler to IZWS 9.5, we are using the VARSET WORD command to parse the syntax of a scheduling interface. The original syntax of the scheduling interface allows the use of mul...
over 4 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Value of the %{jobStatChgEvt1.ActualStart} variable

The variable %{jobStatChgEvt1.ActualStart} that is used in Event Rule Action, Generic action, timeout actions doesn't retune start time in correct format.Example: it return this value 2018-03- 01T22:00:18Z/Australia/Perth While job logs shows like...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

EAV Support to the Datastore UDF repositories

We are asking that HCL/IBM consider our request to add much-needed functionality and scalability to the IWS Datastore by adding VSAM Extended Format (which implies multi-volume) and EAV Support to the Datastore UDF repositories. Please refer to In...
about 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Persistent sessions HTTPS between TWS Z-centric agent and TWS Z/OS

We would like an evolution of the TWS Z-centric agent in the management of HTTPs sessions between the server and its TWS Z/OS controller. Currently, each time a TWS Z/OS controller job submits a job on a TWS Z-centric agent, 2 new TCP sessions are...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 1 Future consideration

Auto Refresh for anything that is manually changed

Please refer to the delivered description of RFE ID 80759: Hyperlinked properties when updated should auto refresh automatically in DWC. If a job is reset manually, it would be nice if DWC auto refreshes the page immediately. This would be applica...
over 6 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Workload Service Assurance

Workload Service Assurance: When the Estimated Start Time or optionally the Estimated End Time of a critical job has past and the job has not started, automatically recalculate new Estimated Start and End Times for the critical job. Even with RECC...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Future consideration

Would like an option in option 5.3 ( EQQSOPFP ) to display all NOP'ed jobs

Would like an option in option 5.3 ( EQQSOPFP ) to display all NOP'ed jobs
about 9 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release

Operation duration set to 00:00:01 in CP during daily plan extend when WS changed from reporting to non-reporting.

Current IWS Functionality. When the workstation is changed for an operation (job) in the AD from reporting to non-reporting, the duration of the operation in the CP is set to 00:00:01 during the daily plan extend. I would like the same function...
over 2 years ago in IBM Z Workload Scheduler 0 Planned for future release