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IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS

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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

When viewing a list of Archives, a user should only be presented with Archives for which they have Dataset Access

For �Archive Only� implementations of ITOM the only method available to control user access to archives is by dataset access. Currently a user is presented with a list of all archives captured by ITOM. If a user does not have access to an archive ...
about 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 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.
almost 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Introduce product messaging for completed report delivery to aid external moniotring

For monitoring purposes it would be useful to have an option to generate a WTO when reports are delievred to end users. In this manner operations can easily determine the time a report was delivered via Email/PDF by performing a quick scan of the ...
about 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Retention and pre-fill of Printing Preferences on Web

The customer has asked that the web interface retain the preferences entered when a user issues a print job so that those values can be pre-filled the next time a user prints from that same computer.
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

IBM Tivoli Output Manager RecipientID Needs to Retain 'OVERRIDE' Values

Enhancement request to save 'RecipientID' override data for reuse by end-user.
about 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Enable report level control of Portrait or Landscape for PDF distribution

Currently TOM supports a global parameter for determining page orientation for PDF distributed reports. Where an environment needs to support both Portrait and Landscape orientations they are required to distribute via URL and have the end user se...
about 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Not under consideration

Add the functionality of distributing a report via email using Reprint

Currently one can specify an email address for report distribution, however, it is only used when the report is distributed upon initial capture. The Reprint Override (RO) and Reprint Distribution Override (RDO) need to resend the report via email...
about 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Planned for future release

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