IBM Power Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

IBM i Access Family

Add Multiple Result Tabs to Run SQL Scripts

I often need to run multiple queries in different tables to analyze and compare results. For every query I run, the existing results are cleared and the new results are displayed. I would like the results to be retained until closed. I would sugge...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

Scott Forstie

At COMMON PowerUP, clients shared that they love to use ACS (via SQL) to generate CSV style spreadsheets.However, the current support generates a CSV that uses the comma character (',') as the delimiter.Clients are asking for the ability to influe...
12 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

Run SQL Scripts: Remove redundant variable prompting

When prompting for multiple substitution variables with same name, only prompt once.
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

in ACS RunSQLScripts changes for "saving new example"

when I open a new tab, " Untitled 1" and then I save some fancy SQL as a new example, the save window inserts the appropriate comment lines. Those comment lines do not remain in the SQL code in the newly opened tab, that the tab remains "Untitled ...
13 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

ACS Run SQL Scripts - Move Tab to New Window

Sometimes I will have 2+ tabs open in a single Run SQL Scripts window, but then have a need to pull one out into its own window. Currently this is a manual process - Open a new window, open the desired SQL script or copy/paste the original tab's c...
2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

In RUN SQL Scripts enable common font resizing methods

Although Run SQL Scripts does support font resizing, the controls are difficult to access quickly and do not align with common or expected methods for changing font size. This slows me down, particularly when sharing my screen during conference ca...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

IFS: Please add the box "Apply update to all files in selected folder and any subfolders" that is available in Properties to also Permissions.

Please add the box "Apply update to all files in selected folder and any subfolders" that is available in Properties to also Permissions.
6 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

Allow Copy of Table Column into Run SQL Scripts Statement

I would like to be able to right click on a column heading and select "Copy Column Name to SQL". When building an SQL statement, I often don't remember the column names and will run a "select * from" to get all the columns. In some cases (look at ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

Run SQL Scripts: Remember previous prompted variable values

Related to IBMI-I-4640, when using prompted variables, have iACS RSS remember the previous values and present them in a combo box for each variable. This would make running the same query multiple times much easier when you can select previous val...
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

Run SQL Scripts - add "bind:" prefix/command like VScode/Db2i

Using ? parameter markers or :host-variables in ACS RSS is great, but the Db2i extension for VScode has implemented a "bind:" line-prefix / statement which helps a lot, when copying SQL statements from an RPG program source, to try them. Here an e...
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Future consideration

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.