April 2017
Version: 4.16
- Work with Profile Switches now allows *Normal switches to be ended. (Previously, only *Timed or *Firecall switches could be ended.) See Work with Profile Switches in the Authority Broker Administrator's Guide.
January 2017
Version: 4.15
- An error displaying the Switch Type and Time Limit values for profile switches has been resolved.
- An incorrect substring value used when changing object ownership has been resolved. This defect could cause errors in installation, profile switches, and timeout facility.
November 2016
Version 4.14
- The Product Version panel now shows the correct Number of Partition Processors.
- A Permanent I/O error no longer occurs in file PAB4435D.
July 2016
Version 4.13
- Authority Broker is now delivered with new deployment functionality, including the ability to stage the product installation.
- Changes have been made to the License Agreement verbiage.
- Message information has been changed from "PowerTech" to "HelpSystems."
- The history purge no longer removes records prematurely, causing empty Event Reports.
February 2016
Version 4.12
- Work with Data and Time Overrides now saves data when using F6 to load the Day & Time Restrictions.
- When using an After Swap Exit Program on a Timed Switch Pair, it no longer executes before the swap is released.
- The screen captures process has been enhanced to include the Time Switch Command in the email body and PDF cover page. The ability to regenerate the cover page regardless of the existences of screen captures has also been added.
- Licensing changes have been made for Capped/Shared Pool Processors.
November 2015
Version: 4.11
- Licensing changes have been made when licensing 255 or more partitions.
- The Screen Capture PDF email subject has been shifted to the right.
- Install no longer fails because the user does not have all *SERVICE special authorities.
- The error “Not authorized to object PLABOWN in QSYS while in 13” in Work with Authority Broker product settings has been fixed.
- Install no longer fails when changing system value QALWOBJRST back to its original value.
May 2015
Version: 4.10
- Screen Captures of past Profile Switch sessions can now be regenerated and distributed as PDFs to any number of Interested Parties using a new option in the Work with Profile Switches screen (option 13, Email Screen Captures).
- Profile Switches can now be subsetted by whether or not they include Screen Captures.
April 2015
Version: 4.09
- The Screen Capture PDF report no longer displays screen captures in reverse order.
- All license keys are now displayed when users with multiple license keys visit the Authority Broker License Setup panel.
- When setting up or changing the Change Switch Information, you can now select 'Will screens be captured for an interactive switch' if Fire Call is not enabled.
- Problems with event report performance, and event reports failing with error CPF5004, have been resolved.
March 2015
Version: 4.08
- Verbiage in the License information has been updated.
- IBM i groups can now be added to the POWERABADM Admin AUTL.
- If an output queue cannot be verified for a profile during swapping, the system default of QGPL/QPRINT is now used.
- The output queue is now always changed back to the original value after a swap is ended.
- When ‘Omit CL program commands’ is selected (YES) the commands with values of Y, R, E, or B are now excluded.
- Commands are now omitted when ‘Omit registered programs’ is selected (YES) regardless of the ‘Omit CL program commands’ value.
- Responding with a C to Cancel now ends processing after a ‘Max number of records reached’ Event Report error.
- Inconsistencies with the product authorization list handling have been fixed.
- The Assign System Users to Switch Profiles panel no longer exits to the Main Menu if Enter is pressed with no option selected.
- PABWSDMON is now submitted with attributes from PLABOWN/PLAUTBKRJD instead of the user who submitted it.
- Authority requirements for watching a session have been fixed. Inclusion in the POWERABADM authorization list is now sufficient to watch a session.
- A special fix can now be applied without requiring SQL statements.
November 2014
Version: 4.07
- The option to remove an attached email address from an Interested Party has been added.
- A Call Ticket column with the Ticket Start Date/Time and Ticket End Date/Time for profile switches is now available on the Work with Profile Switches screen (using F11).
May 2014
Version: 4.06
- PABEML, PABINPARTY, and PAMIPEM have been added to journaled files.
- Audit reporting now includes swap activity that crosses over a 24-hour time line.
- Changing a switch pair no longer fails with “CPF5020 - subfile record not found” error.
- SQL date handling has been fixed in the Firecall log.
- Screen are now captured when users are in their soft menu.
- Emails are now being sent from jobs with CCSID(65535).
- JOBD PLAUTBKRJD has been changed to use PABJOBQ (PTWRKMGT).
- System, Serial#, and Partition# has been added to Event Report outfiles.
- More date format handling fixes have been added to the Firecall panel.
October 2013
Version 4.05
- Profile switching is now available after changing from FireCall to Non-FireCall.
- Date and time validation on the FireCall Assignment panel has been fixed.
- The ownership error in the program PAB4480 has been fixed; the owner is now PLABOWN, not PLABADM.
- Event Reports no longer fail due to an MCH1202 decimal data error.
- Ownership of the Authority Broker authorization list has been restored to PLABOWN (from QSECOFR).
- Unavailable FireCall switch pairs are no longer displayed when a FireCall switch pair is authorized.
- Blanking out the interested party no longer results in the record being updated with no interested party (causing display issues). Doing so now deletes the record.
- The ability to exclude Event Report entries made by Authority Broker programs has been restored (by specifying *PRODUCT for the library).
- Encrypted screen capture journal entries are no longer included in Event Reports.
- The ability to change the Y/N flag on the program exception list has been restored.
August 2013
Version: 4.04
- Added purge options for swap history and screen capture data
- Fixed report type on Event History Report
- Corrected CCSID translation issues when sending emails
July 2013
Version: 4.02
- Update the Firecall assignment panel to display records even if you don’t have authority to either profile in the swap pair and if one of the profiles has been deleted.
- When a user enters a swap pair, validate authority against the group profile.
- Update the command line security within the Authority Broker menus.
May 2013
Version: 4.01
- Correct storing of email address for interested parties
- Fix “Subfile record not found” error in PABR0110 and PABR0900 when selecting an Interested Party using F4
- Properly handle non-display characters in the PDF from a screen capture
- Correct issue sending a report to the IFS
- Fix date format handling on Firecall panel
- Add help text to the setup screen for screen capture parameter
- Correct problems displaying nested DSPF-type menus when screen capture is on
February 2013
Version 4.0
- Capture screens as users step through menus and enter commands.
- Have screenshots automatically bundled as PDF and emailed to interested parties.
- Watch user sessions in near real-time to ensure proper activity.
- Play back captured screens on the system.