New features introduced in version 7.0.00

The following table describes the new and changed features introduced in Control-M from version 7.0.00.

What's new

Description

Dynamic Workload Policies

Defines a set of rules for a group of jobs that can:

  • Limit the resources available to the group of jobs
  • Limit the number of jobs within the group that are concurrently running
  • Route specific jobs within the group to a specific node or node group

Rule-based Calendars

Define Rule-based Calendars (RBCs) to set the dates that will be scheduled (included RBCs) in a job, sub-folder, and SMART folder, by adding and selecting the RBCs for the Rule-based Calendar list.

One Installation for all product components

Installs Control-M/EM, Control-M/Server, Control-M/Agent and all Application Plug-ins.

Annotation for user actions

Requires users to write a free text annotation, describing the reason for the action before the action is performed. System administrators can define which user actions require annotation.

L&F enhancements to Reporting Facility

  • The user interface has an enhanced look and feel.
  • The Reporting Facility is available to all end users without the need to install a database client on Control-M/EM client computers.
  • You can summarize report data by report fields.
  • Job definition fields with multiple values can be included in a report.

Conversion tool

The Control-M Conversion Tool enables you to import data from other schedulers.

Add-ons

The following add-ons are available in version 7.0.00:

  • Control-M Self Service
  • Control-M Self Service for Mobile

Plug-ins

The following plug-ins are available in version 7.0.00:

  • Control-M for Informatica
  • Control-M for IBM Cognos
  • Control-M for SAP Business Objects
  • Control-M for Cloud

Control-M version 7.0.00 also includes many changes in addition to the new features. For more information, see Control-M/EM, Control-M/Server, and Control-M/Agent version 7.0.00 Release Notes.

Parent Topic

Changes in Control-M versions