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Global Properties Report With Job Usage

There is an existing report that lists out all of the global variables and their values, but it also needs to show everywhere the variables are used. We've had a ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (09 Jul, '18) Upvoted: 07 Apr, '22 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Email Formatting within Event Notification Manager

D361: It would be nice to be able to add some formatting to Email sent from Event Notifications with in a Job. Adding return line characters such as ?/n? would be a ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 09 Feb, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Show Frequency Name in the List View

D195: In OpCon's Legacy UI, it was possible to see the Frequency Name in the List view. The Enterprise Manager does not have this feature, and we would like for it ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Increase Max Characters for Fully Qualified SI Names when updated by Events

SAM has a max character limitation in the Property Name of the $PROPERTY:SET or $PROPERTY:ADD events which is much smaller than the allowed length of a fully ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (04 May, '20) Upvoted: 12 Mar, '21 Comments: 1
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Forecasting future runs for multiple jobs without legacy dobatch.exe plaintext creds file

Frequency option would be fine for forecasting for 1 job. However, we receive requests for forecasting future runs for multiple jobs. For example they wanted a list ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (26 Mar, '20) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Automated Agent Upgrades

From the Operations Machine list, would be nice to be able to right click upgrade and ideally use a multiple select feature.
Suggested by: Hidden identity (09 Mar, '18) Upvoted: 01 Feb, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Add a Windows Sub-type Job for Powershell

D200: Add the possibility to have a Windows Powershell as a Windows sub-type job.This sub-type job should also be able to select a powershell snap-in, like Exchange, ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 29 Oct, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Wildcard on all dependency type (not only for the conflict)

D303: With the instance function, it would be very powerfull to be able to have wildcard on all dependency type (require and after)Example :- I need to wait the end ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Job subtype for 7zip

D354: We would like to see a job subtype for 7zip intergrated into opcon. There could be an option for each command in 7zip "add, extract, compress, delete" etc.
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 08 Jul, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Read Only Mode for Production Enterprise/Solution Manager

With our development team needing access to Prod OpCon, there isn't a READ/VIEW only for everything. Currently there isn't a way to view the master schedule ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (01 Nov, '19) Upvoted: 24 May, '22 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Add ability to use variables for primary machine & user ID

I'd like the ability to create a job template that uses accepts a variable for machine name and/or userid. This would give you flexibility when using events to ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (03 Jul, '19) Upvoted: 23 Aug, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

New Report - Self Service Buttons by Role

I'd like an OpCon report that will show me self service buttons assigned to each role.
Suggested by: Hidden identity (14 Mar, '19) Upvoted: 26 May, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Add a browse for file input type

We have some self-service buttons that involve processing a file. Currently, a user needs to place the file in a predefined directory or input the full path to the ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (25 Jul, '17) Upvoted: 09 Mar, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Preview of the command line (replacing "Global Properties")

D467: Hello , I use "Global Properties" and when entering the command line, and I can not perform preview. I would like to have a button that shows me the command ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 16 Jun, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Community driven portal

D319: I like to see that SMA would open up an community portal for customers to help other customers or even SMA.BrightIdeas is an start but really based on ideas. ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Export csv Joblist

D307: There is the possobility to extract a csv-file from the matrix-view. Would be cool, if an extract would be also possiblefor a master-schedule (for now, we run ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

MSLSAM - MSGIN system - dump and archive file

D181: Howdy Sma Team We have a new project that uses the MSGIN in large scale. This is a webservice that is triggered by our website and generates messages in the ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined Windows Agent

Delete or Rename a Transformation Rule

Deploy does not provide an option to delete or rename Transformation Rules. This causes issues when naming conventions change.
Suggested by: Hidden identity (12 Dec, '19) Upvoted: 03 Mar Comments: 1
Development backlog OpCon Deploy

Job Sub-Type to create an OpCon API call

Ease of Use 1. A job sub-type that would allow users to call an OpCon API job 2. can specify OpCon Instance 3. can specify get/post parameters 4. Allows users ...
Suggested by: Merly (26 Apr, '22) Upvoted: 28 Sep, '22 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback

Enhancement to the SQL Agent

The idea is to add a "KillMonitorOnlyJobs=True/False" option to the sqlagent.ini with a default setting of False. This would allow a kill command to end the job in ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (16 Oct, '20) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback SQL Agent

Add the HELO parameter to manage secure connections to SMTP Gmail

Dans les options SMTP du serveur, ajouter le paramètre HELO pour gérer les connexions sécurisé à smtp-relay.gmail.com In the server SMTP options, add the HELO ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (03 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

OpCon Hung Scripts - Please add -l option to sendemail so server feedback can be captured in a log w

Currently, when a HUNG script is initiated, the sendemail program is run, however, no log is create from the sendemail program itself. Please add the -l option to ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (20 Feb, '19) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Embedded script - sub programs

Hello would it be possible to provide calls to sub-scripts in an embedded script ? Lots of scripts we use are already using calls to subprograms. If we want to put ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (05 Feb, '18) Upvoted: 01 Feb, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Expand Detailed Job Messages ( FC 61) Usage in all Agents

The Detailed Job Messages (FC61) found under Job Information > Configuration > Operations Related Information is a field customers can use to get more information ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (23 Jun, '17) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

MSLSAM - Dump Msgin file in the log

D179: Hello It could be very powerfull if the MSLAM be able to dump the content of a MSGIN File before send it to the sam. Current situation in a MSLSAM LOG : ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined Windows Agent

Prohibit users/roles to modify the Master Holiday calendar

D434: Is it possible to create a Function Privilege on specific roles for maintaining Master Holiday calendar only?With the Maintain Calendars Function users/roles ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 29 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

A job Container without any job running should not be Running

D350: Hello When a job container stops on a Failed Job and still contains jobs "Waiting/Qualifying", it should not be in "Running" Status.A new status should be ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Print or PDF Function in Job Master

D369: Provide a print function or pdf output of the selected schedule in job master with all the sub jobs and their details. Similar to the workflow designer but with ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Ability to set Workdays per week on individual jobs, not just schedules.

D363: I would like "Workdays per week" to be either moved to the job level, or an override added to job in addition to schedule level. We have a large schedule that ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Allow Resource Monitor to detect folders as well as files

D360: We have users who have been asked to zip their folders but they frequently forget and then wonder why their data hasn't been transferred. Allow Resource Monitor ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined Windows Agent

Add the ability to use wildcards in folder names for SMA Resource Monitor

D187: We want to monitor for the folder name as well as the *.* "all files within a folder" option. Example - Foldername*\test*\*.* We do not know for sure what the ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined Windows Agent

Add Machine groups to SMAFT jobs

D273: Add the Machine Group feature for SMA FileTransfer jobs.This way it is possible to have a failover or load-balancing for these kind of Jobs.Please do add both ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined Windows Agent

Privilege to hide Vision "Health" button

Request: Add a privilege to hide/show the "Health" button to a user in the Solution Manager. Why: Under Vision, users have access to different Cards depending on ...
Suggested by: Bagard Maxence (15 Feb, '21) Upvoted: 31 Aug, '21 Comments: 3
Collecting community feedback Web UI

PDF API Documentation

We have some customers that are looking for the API documentation but aren't able to access the Stoplight site due to internal policy, for example, the IRS. We need ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (15 Mar, '19) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 1
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Add Advanced Failure Criteria for Job Type - File Transfer

If there is not a file available to transfer, the job fails with exit code 1005 in our environment. It would be nice to have the Advanced Failure Criteria available ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (28 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 03 Feb, '21 Comments: 1
Collecting community feedback OpCon SMAFT

z/OS Batch utilities

Two useful utilities for z/OS: 1. A z/OS batch program similar to XPSAUDIT but rather than display its output to the console it writes a formatted report to ...
Suggested by: Ed Watson (09 Jun, '22) Upvoted: 17 Aug, '22 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback

Add Property For Username of Latest Status Change

With the addition of the "Under Review" and "Fixed" statuses, we'd like to be able to send an email out, indicating who is reviewing the problem. Notification Manager ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (26 Mar, '20) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

File Arrival Order

Idea from customer Groupama G2S linked to the case SMA-00075241 The customer want to be able to chose different behaviors for the File Arrival among the following ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (05 Nov, '19) Upvoted: 10 Jun, '22 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback Windows Agent

Allow Self Service to accept input files for downstream processing

Many Self Service processes include a file used during downstream processing. The location and name of the file could change depending on the end user. To minimize ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (09 Sep, '19) Upvoted: 12 Mar, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Notification Manager alerts for changes/delete of Frequency,Global Properties,etc.

Would like to have some kind of Notification Manager alert based on changes to or deletions of frequencies, global properties and maybe other objects. Since Events ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (24 May, '18) Upvoted: 29 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Central View of SMA Resource Monitor Status and Activity

Would also be helpful to be able to see Resource Monitor status and activity counts against a server (Table list view could have RM info.) Even better if it was in ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (09 Mar, '18) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

SmartEmail enhancement

As a customer I would like to be able to detache attachments from emails matching rules as those defined for launching events, and in the meantime having the name of ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (28 Jun, '17) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Collecting community feedback OpCon

Make 'Days to maintain in Daily' preference available as Server Option

Right now 'Days to maintain in Daily' is a Enterprise Manager preference with a default of 14 days. Some customers have a policy to keep schedules for a defined ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (30 Jan, '17) Upvoted: 15 Sep, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

New function in the tag manager

Hi, Today, It's not easy to add the same tag in several jobs. For exemple, I would like create a new tag "backup" on all backup jobs. I have 25 jobs. I must do 25 ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (17 Aug, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Documentation Online

Since we have converted to online help, I have repeatedly needed to print and attach information to emails. Especially in Release Announcements where we try to ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (03 Jun, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Read Only view of Calendars

D153: We would like for some OpCon users to have the ability to View the details of a Calendar without being able to add or remove dates.
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 29 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Submit Job Start time with $JOB:ADD event

D394: Add a start time parameter for the $JOB:ADD Event to add a job with a specified start time over an external event.
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

I really need for hold jobs to be able to be late to start.

D382: I have a lot of jobs in held that are released by file monitors. I need to be able to set a late to start time in the job iteself, but since it's held, it will ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Opcon User Access reporting

D344: Would like to see a User Access report on OPCON which would show all Users with access the the system and their roles and their last sign on date and time, also ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon

Secure Calendar modifications with save button

D433: Changes made to Calendars (even the Master Holiday) do not have to be confirmed with the save button (or cannot be undone with the cancel button)We've seen ...
Suggested by: Hidden identity (27 Apr, '16) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '21 Comments: 0
Declined OpCon