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IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS

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Add Archive Dataset name to BJT@BTCH Archive LIST output

System: TOM BJT@BTCH utilityActor: Major Client needs report enhancement BJT@BTCH is batch reporting utility provided with TOM. NASCO needs to use BJT@BTCH reporting utility to LIST archive datasets for specific jobs on specific days. Dataset name...
about 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

MIXED=YES support

IBM Output Manager doesn't support a DB2 parameter MIXED=YES. I faul into this DBCS gab! At the installation, I added SBCD to each CHAR field, but at the archive process didn't worked correctly. I got wrong date/time value and SQL errors.
over 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Filter joblog archives with low returncodes

We migrated recently from Beta92 to Tivoli Output manager to archive our joblogs. Beta92 provides the feature to classify return codes below a certain value as "good", the joblogs with returncodes below this value are marked as successful. <br ...
over 10 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Enhance ITOM Special Instructions to support more data

Client would like to retain up to 40 lines of data within the ITOM special instruction field used to populate report banner pages. The current size of the Special Instruction field is not sufficient to store this much data.
almost 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Enhance Output Manager download function to create Excel tabs

When a client opts to download an indexed report or one which has multiple custom reports defined it would be very beneficial if the resulting download to Excel format would place the different indexes or custom reports into separate tabs of the s...
about 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

SwKBT - Catalogs import/export performance

Manual load of the IBM catalogs takes hours to complete. Would like to see this streamlined to shorten the durations. Perhaps smaller catalogs by application types.
over 11 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 4 Not under consideration

Support new administrative report or display to show all reports

Storage administrators need the ability to display all defined reports in iTOM. This information should also include associated job names and descriptions. Currently standard iTOM admin reports and displays do not support this capability.
about 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Request for new admin "where did my report go?" report

When an end user does not receive an expected report at the expected time they often go to the report administrator to help them determine the reason why. TOM makes it very difficult to answer this question in a timely fashion. There should be an ...
about 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Enhance SMF record processing.

The current implementation of SMF record usage captures everything. It would be most useful to have the ability to "turn off" capture for selected events (i.e. if we don't wish to produce records when a report is viewed). The ability to dynamicall...
about 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

When printing Archives, implement a mechanism to automatically override SYSOUT class

When the user wishes to "Print Override" an archive, ITOM should automatically override the captured SYSOUT class with a SYSOUT class designated for re-printing (i.e. to stop ITOM from capturing it�s own re-print and to support the capture of prin...
about 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

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