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IBM i Access Family

ACS Windows App Pkg English (64bit) Version: 1.1.0.29

Hello IBM ACS users Hello IBM, In the latest IBM ACS Windows App Pkg 1.1.0.29, ODBC SSL encryption is not available for 32-bit applications (typically MS Excel and MS Access). We use a large Citrix farm, where both Citrix and Microsoft recommend u...
10 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Functionality already exists

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...
11 days 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 ...
11 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

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

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

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, visual explain, allow explanation to be refreshed

When using Visual Explain, it would be useful to be able to refresh the explanations and recommendations after creating indexes.
2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

Enable Kerberos for secondary 5250 session

The ACS configuration allows for using Kerberos when opening a new ACS session and it automatically signs the user in. When the user does a SYSREQ 1, a signon screen is presented for a secondary job for the same session. For security purposes, man...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 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...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family Submitted

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

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