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IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS

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Incorporate confirmation prior to executing destructive commands

The ITOM administrative interface allows the report administrator to issue Cut and Delete commands when manipulating resources like printer attributes. Currently when the administrator initiates a Cut or Delete the command is issued immediately wi...
almost 13 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Request to create a utility to provide Distribution IDs by report, which is like the opposite function of the REPORT

End user is trying to generate a report which has the list of distributions ids list for each report. Request came to us as - Need report cross-referencing TOM reports to recipients. After research from the Report Admin and application teams in CA...
about 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Use cases for iTOM admin reports

Report administrators would like to see additional functionality developed into the iTOM UI. This can be presented via administration reports or specific dialog selections. These use cases represent common tasks and queries.
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 4 Delivered

ITOM: Use of RACF FACILITY Class Profiles

BUSVAL : 5 INVVAL : 3 ENDVAL : 4 GROVAL : 5 SYSVAL : 5 KEYWORDS : ITOM TIVOLI OUTPUT MANAGER RACF FACILITY CLASS UGVOTES : +5=2 +1=1 abstain=1 Priority=3.7 DESCRIPT : The (IBM) TIVOLI OUTPUT MANAGER (a product similar in function to RMDS) utilizes...
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Enhance chargeback data to allow for billing of DB2 resources to the end user

Enhance product generated SMF records to include a metric for DB2 usage so that appropriate charge back can be applied. Much of TOM's overhead occurs within DB2, IT requires visibility into what is driving that usage so that appropriate department...
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 4 Delivered

SMF reporting enhancement, need to associate ITOM record to SMF type 6

ITOM users require the ability to relate TOM SMF records for reports printed via a bundle to the SMF type 6 static bundle print job. Please see BJT-6973 for more details.
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Provide batch update capability

Report administrators managing very larger/active shops often find themselves needing to make similar updates to a large amount of objects in the iTOM inventory. To make these changes one at a time is very time consuming, error prone and quite cum...
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

TOM dialogs need to make it harder to accidentally delete objects

When ITOM presents a panel for the selection of a linked record (to link a printer attribute to a custom report, for example), the user must enter an "S" next to the record to be selected. The same panel also provides a function to delete a record...
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Report administrators need a way to quickly identify reports based on text patterns

Report Administrators would like a way of quickly locating reports that contained text patterns and to have matching text highlighted when viewing the report. This capability would directly support a routine maintenance activity where they can eas...
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

Freeze navigation controls at the top of a report in the WBRV

When scrolling down through a report in the WBRV the �Return to List� button, View option, Page buttons and Download/Print cannot be accessed without scrolling back to the top. Would like to see functionality introduced to freeze these controls in...
over 12 years ago in IBM Tivoli Output Manager for z/OS 3 Delivered

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