HCL Workload Automation for Z Small Programming Enhancements released in June 2019

The following features were provided with HCL Workload Automation for Z small programming enhancements (SPEs) released for Version 9.5, in June 2019.

DB2 Reporting feature
  • You can now customize the DB2 table prefix, whose default is set to MDL. For details, see the DBOPT initialization statementDBOPT initialization statement in Customization and Tuning.
  • The following columns have been added to tables DB2TablePrefix.JOS_JOB_STATISTICS and DB2TablePrefix.JHR_JOB_HISTORY_RUNS:
    • SUBSYSTEM NAME
    • WORKSTATON TYPE (either FTA, zCentric, Dynamic, or zOS)
  • In the Dynamic Workload Console, the following columns have been added to the DB2 reports. You can filter on their values.
    • SUBSYSTEM NAME
    • WORKSTATON TYPE

For details about the DB2 Reporting feature, see Reporting with HCL Workload Automation for Z

TLS V1.2 support
The connection through the Transport Layer Security (TLS) V1.2 protocol is now supported between HCL Workload Automation for Z and:
New keywords for JOBREC
In the Syntax diagram for file transfer job types, the following keywords have been added :
  • APPENDTEXT(YES | NO)
  • DELETEAFTERDOWNLOAD(YES | NO)
  • DELETEAFTERUPLOAD(YES | NO)
  • EXTRACOMMAND(FTP SIte subcommand)
  • LOCALPWD(YES | NO)
  • LOCALUSR(YES | NO)
MCP performance has been improved
The performance, when updating the current plan, has been improved; in particular, when you change the status of a job and/or when you are using the MCP Data Space.

Message EQQN228I has been created to track the number of JT and MCP events that accumulate during DP batch job run. The frequency of the message is determined by the JTAPPLCNT and JTAPPLMCP parameters in the JTOPTS statement.

With the Dynamic Workload Console V9.5, Fix Pack 1 the following enhancements have been implemented.
Dynamic Workload Console can be installed on WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty.
For details, see Prerequisite step to install on WebSphere Application Server for z/OS Liberty.
Filtering jobs that are late
From the General filter for z/OS jobs window, you can browse the jobs in the current plan that are late according to the following criteria:
  • Their latest start time
  • The day and time you specified in the Not Started Alert or Not Started Action field.
  • Either their latest start time, or by the day and time that you specified in the Not Started Alert or Not Started Action field.
Setting alerts or actions if a job in plan does not start or complete
You can edit the properties of a job in plan, by modifying or setting that an action is taken if the job does not start or complete within the specified date and time.
Dependencies Resolution
From the Self-Service Catalog you can define the dependencies resolution for the service, as follows:
None
No dependency resolution is necessary. This is the default value.
All
Both predecessor and successor dependencies must be resolved.
Predecessor
Predecessor dependencies must be resolved.
Successor
Successor dependencies must be resolved.