Version 9.5 Fix Pack 1 delivers the following enhancements to the File transfer job plug-in:

• RFE 124923, Appending text to an existing file: The File transfer job plug-in now includes an option to append the data contained in the transferred file to the existing file on the destination system. This avoids overwriting the existing file and preserves any changes that were made to the file prior to the transfer. The option applies to file transfers of type download and for files encoded as text.
  
• RFE 123295, Deleting a source file after an upload transfer: An option has been added to specify if you want to delete the source files after a file transfer of type "upload".
  
• RFE 127294, Specifying FTP SIte subcommands: An option has been added for file transfers originating from a distributed environment to a z/OS target workstation, using the FTP protocol, to specify SIte subcommands. For example, you can specify a subcommand to define primary and secondary space allocations.

This feature is now also available in the Workload Automation on Cloud offering for new subscription requests.

IBM Workload Scheduler satisfies Requests for Enhancements (RFEs). Requests for Enhancements (RFEs) give customers the opportunity to collaborate directly with the product development team and other users. The team prioritizes and develops new product features based on proposals made by customers. IBM Workload Scheduler V9.5 Fix Pack 1 delivers the following RFEs:

• RFE 124923: Appending text to an existing file.
  
• RFE 127294: Specifying FTP SIte subcommands.
  
• RFE 123295: Delete file on server after download.

This feature is now also available in the Workload Automation on Cloud offering for new subscription requests.

With the latest release, new enhancements have been added to the workload dashboard. Simplification of the use of the Table widget combined with Engine list datasource: By selecting the Engine list and the Table widget, the related fields are automatically displayed in the list without the need to add them manually.
Light redesign of KPI and Bar chart widgets, with different colors and a smoother style. Additional widgets: Bubble chart and Free text. The Bubble chart represents data with a series of bubbles in descending order and size. The bubbles may change in dimension and position according to the variation of data. The Free text gives the possibility to have useful notes at your fingertips.

The deployment of IBM Workload Automation agent container is now available also for OpenShift. The IBM Workload Automation agent container can be deployed onto OpenShift, a container application platform based on Kubernetes and useful to orchestrate containers.

The IBM Workload Scheduler administrator can grant permissions to a user on a folder so that the user can freely create new access control lists or modify existing access control lists on the folder or any sub-folders to which the user has been delegated administrator permissions.
The user can in turn give access to the folder or sub-folder to other users by specifying an existing role to which the user wants to grant the access, as well as the folder. In this way, the IBM Workload Scheduler administrator can delegate the security to various organizations in the business to other users who can act independently as administrators for that organization. A new access type "acl" has been added for folder objects.
With this type of access, users can create access control lists for the folder assigned to them by assigning predefined roles to users and groups on the entire folder hierarchy or on specific sub-folders.

Enable web single sign-on and use the OpenID Connect Provider as an identity provider. Client applications, for example, the Dynamic Workload Console, can verify the identity of a user by relying on authentication from an OpenID Connect Provider. You can configure the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base server to function as an OpenID Connect Client to take advantage of web single sign-on and to use the OpenID Connect Provider as an identity provider. To simplify the configuration of the WebSphere Application Server Liberty Base server, a sample configuration file in XML format is provided.

Move jobs and job streams into folders and sub-folders in batch mode where the folder names are based on tokens contained in the job and job stream name.
You might have used simple to complex naming conventions when creating job and job stream names to easily identify and manage them. With character length restrictions for these names, creative abbreviations are required to stay within the limits. This can often lead to unreadable names.
You can now migrate multiple jobs and job streams, in batch mode, whose names contain common pattern matching into specified folders and sub-folders, where the folder names are extracted from the job and job stream names themselves. Naming folders by using tokens from the job and job stream names frees up characters so that you can rename jobs and job streams with more meaningful names, in addition to the folder names.
To rename and move jobs and job streams into folders, the composer rename command has been extended to support wildcard characters.
The wildcard characters are used to replace pattern matching tokens in the job and job stream names and enable you to migrate the jobs and job streams in bulk, rather than one at a time.
A preview option is provided to test the command before actually running it to ensure you obtain the expected result. This feature is now also available in the Workload Automation on Cloud offering for new subscription requests.

With IBM Cloud Private, you can deploy the IBM Workload Automation components as Helm charts for an easy and quick configuration and run them as Docker container applications in Kubernetes clusters. By migrating the traditional workload from on-premises to cloud private, you can innovate quickly and realize business value immediately.

Have you always wanted to deploy and upgrade IBM Workload Automation in an easier and faster way? Now it’s possible! By using Docker containers, you can instantly download the product image, create a container, and start up the product. Docker automates the deployment of applications inside software containers ensuring standardization and hassle-free deployment. Using Docker, you can replicate your environment quickly on development, build, test, and production systems.

In a z/OS environment, you can set that an alert is issued or an action taken when an operation does not complete or start within its deadline or by the time that you specify.