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Created on Dec 7, 2022

Possibility to disable (hide) "Manage schedules"

In our shop we use ZWS for the planned stop/start of subsystems. We do not use INGSCHED, nor want colleagues to use it. As they do not know INGSCHED, they do not use it. But with SMU the option is visual as one of the operational tasks and thus they will (try) to use it. We have impemented exit AOFEXC02 to block INGSCHED, and so "Manage schedules",  This will indeed prevent the use of INGSCHED and Manage schedules. But, in INGSCHED you will get a message while Manage schedules doesn't show anything. It will just not save it.

Anyway, we would like to be able to disable, or better, hide this option from the operational tasks.  

Idea priority Medium