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IBM i

Re-introduce the "No Conversion" file type option in ACS Data Transfer (Feature parity with IBM i Access for Windows).

Business Need: Our accounting department relies on generating fixed-width text files for banking transactions (e.g.,tax transfers). These bank files have strict formatting requirements: they must maintain fixed lengths, contain absolutely no delim...
2 days ago in IBM i / Application Development Submitted

IWS support for UTF-16

currently i am told there is no way to change the response header in IWS, so only UTF-8 values can be returned. however we can define output fields as ccsid 1200/utf-16 which works when viewed in SQL or POSTMAN. please add functionality to change ...
3 days ago in IBM i / Web Serving Submitted

Add Support for the CTLCHAR parameter of the CPYSPLF Command to the SPOOLED_DATA Function

The SPOOLED_DATA function is a simple wrapper for the CPYSPLF CL command. However it offers straight printer output but no spacing/skipping control options. Add a parameter to the function that accepts the *FCFC, or *PRTCTL options. It would be gr...
4 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

AI-Powered Root-Cause Analysis and Remediation Guidance for IBM i System Management

I propose adding AI-Powered Root-Cause Analysis and Remediation Guidance to IBM i System Management to help administrators move from simply detecting system issues to understanding their underlying causes and determining the most appropriate next ...
6 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Create SQL View for WRKPTFORD information

Provide an SQL view or extend an existing SQL service to expose PTF order information, including Order ID, Problem ID, Status, Date, and Time as seen on the WRKPTFORD menu currently. Access to this information through SQL would enable automation, ...
10 days ago in IBM i / PTF and Service Submitted

Update to the IBM i QMGTOOLS Change Log Page

On the IBM i QMGTOOLS Change Log Page: https://public.dhe.ibm.com/services/us/igsc/has/qmgtools_changelog.txt The current changes / updated are listed. What isn't listed is where these changes / updates are. Which menu or menu path? For example: t...
11 days ago in IBM i / System Management Submitted

Access Client Solutions – Documentation.

Hello,There is currently a need for a "Documentation" button regarding the utilities found in libraries such as SYSTOOLS, SYSIBMADM, etc. The idea is to implement this via ACS. By right-clicking on a procedure in the grid, a documentation option w...
15 days ago in IBM i / Documentation Submitted

Add the text description to all BRMS files, tables.

When running command WRKOBJ QUSRBRM/*ALL *FILE or via this SQL: SELECT OBJNAME, OBJTYPE, OBJATTRIBUTE, OBJTEXT FROM TABLE(QSYS2.OBJECT_STATISTICS('QUSRBRM', '*ALL')) ORDER BY OBJNAME; This is an example of what is returned: QA1AAF *FILE QUSRBRM PF...
15 days ago in IBM i / BRMS Submitted

Support extended simple case expressions

It would be nice if the extended simple case expressions introduced with SQL:2003 were supported. CASE colWHEN 'A', 'B' THEN 'open'WHEN 'C' THEN 'done'ELSE 'unkown'END CASE colWHEN < 10 THEN 'low'WHEN < 50 THEN 'medium'ELSE 'high'END This wo...
15 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i Submitted

Improve usability of Investigate Data charts in IBM Navigator for i

After the recent changes to the Investigate Data charts in IBM Navigator for i, we feel that the chart usability has decreased compared to the previous version. The most important issue is zooming. While we have learned that zooming is available u...
17 days ago in IBM i / Performance Tools Submitted

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