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Core OS

Counterpart to *NOQTEMP in QAUDCTL system value for IFS directories

In system value QAUDCTL we are able to specify *NOQTEMP to avoid audit journal recording activities in QTEMP libraries of users. This reduces significant audit log entries for activities in temporary library. What's missing is the same for a defin...
22 days ago in IBM i / Core OS Submitted

Please put SJ08079 on the next resave of IBM i 7.6.

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/7066410 I'd rather not see these false flag messages upon first upgrading to IBM i 7.6 so they need to incorporate SJ08079 into the next resave of IBM i 7.6. It's not on any cume or group so I'm afraid if I d...
29 days ago in IBM i / Core OS Submitted

IBM removed certain commands, MRGFORMD being one of them. IBM failed to consider the ramifications of this on CHKPRDOPT.

CHKPRDOPT PRDID(*OPSYS) *CMD MRGFORMD in QSYS38 not found for product 5770SS1 option 0006 release V7R6M0. Exit program processing found error in product. Product 5770SS1 release V7R6M0 option 0006 load 5050 not correctly installed. IBM removed cer...
29 days ago in IBM i / Core OS Is a defect

Query Temporary Address Table to determine useage

Customers with large temporary address usage need to research what has been allocating the addresses so they can be addressed in their code. Would like to know more information about when it was created such as job name, program, etc. They ability...
2 months ago in IBM i / Core OS Under review

norwegian language in R760 or at least as a secondary language

Woul
5 months ago in IBM i / Core OS Not under consideration

Have more, if not all, of iACS populate CLIENT_PROGRAMID

In an attempt to discover what versions of IBM i Access Client Solutions (iACS) are currently attached to our systems I am running the following SQL: SELECT ji.job_name, GJI.V_AUTHORIZATION_NAME, GJI.V_CLIENT_PROGRAMID, GJI.V_CLIENT_IP_ADDRESS FRO...
5 months ago in IBM i / Core OS Future consideration

Enable Headless Execution for Interactive Green Screen Commands on IBM i

Idea Summary : Introduce a capability to run interactive green screen commands (like WRKSBMJOB, WRKUSRJOB, WRKACTJOB, etc.) in headless mode, allowing scripts and automation tools to execute and retrieve results without requiring a 5250 terminal s...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Core OS Not under consideration

Modernize the 5250 display

Hello, One of the recurring critiques when discussing ibmi is related to the 'green screens.' They are associated with an aging image of the machine. I absolutely do not share this opinion, but I hear it too often. Since IBMi can manage a multitud...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Core OS Not under consideration

Provide an up to date version of ICU - International Components for Unicode (5770SS1 - Option 39)

Having to deal more and more with Unicode and some applications that are still restricted to EBCDIC codepages, I was looking at the ICU library but found out that the most recent version on IBM is 4.0 which dates from 2009 (more as 15 years old) ?...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Core OS Submitted

Free Tier for IBM i (AS/400) to Support Education, Ecosystem Growth, and Promote IBM Cloud

Note: This proposal for IBM i addresses the exact same core issue of lacking a free tier for accessibility, education, and community growth as outlined for AIX in idea AIX-I-802: https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/AIX-I-802. Both platforms suffer from th...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Core OS Under review

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