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Status Not under consideration
Created by Guest
Created on Nov 12, 2025

New Controller Parameter that specifies in minutes how long an operation waits to start before a late alert message is generated.

We would like to be able to hard code a time in minutes that would designate how long an operation waits to start .. based on planned start time .. before a late alert message is generated. Deadlines and durations are not precise enough to allow automated adjustment to produce a latest start time that is reasonable and it would require significant manual effort to correct this.  

Idea priority Medium
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    Marco Cardelli
    Nov 14, 2025

    This requirement could be interesting but it is important that the deadline and duration are set properly. There are parameters (for example SMOOTHING FACTOR and LIMITFEEDBACK) that assist to automatically define the updated values while workload is running. This is also important for some features like critical path.