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IBM i

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Toggle the way BRMS handles message ID CPD33A8

Dear IBM Team, Our organization supports a large number of IBM i customers, and our monitoring tools generate alerts whenever a backup failure occurs. I'd like to propose an enhancement that introduces a configurable option (e.g., a toggle setting...
7 days ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Future consideration

Further enhancements to the SQL scalar GENERATE_SPREADSHEET functionality to allow naming a sheet

Along with the required enhancements to ACS to enable this in the scalar function, provide the ability to name that sheet when creating it in the xls or xlsx workbook. We now have the ability to append a sheet and specify which sheet to add so the...
18 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Crash Support/Recovery for VE Diagrams

Similar to Crash Recovery for SQL scripts, I would absolutely LOVE to have something similar for VE Diagrams. Too often , I keep VE Diagrams up of statements that I plan / want to review..but very frequently, my PC will reboot due to an update tha...
20 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

OVERRIDE_INFO for any job

At present OVERRIDE_INFO will only return results for the current job. Please allow it to return the same information for any job passed to it. It could be a Table function of the current view. Pass to it a fully qualified job name, or '*' for the...
20 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

RTVCLSRC in SRCSTMF

When you retrieve the source of a CLP or CLLE program you must indicate a source file, for example: QCLSRC, but it is impossible to indicate the IFS example: /HOME/USER/CLLE/ . The idea is therefore to add the SRCSTMF() parameter to the RTVCLSRC c...
20 days ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 1 Future consideration

Results File - file naming template

Regarding the use of RUN SQL Scripts and the default naming of output files, I've come across several suggestions advocating for more flexible file naming options beyond the standard "Untitled.xlsx". Many other applications—such as scanning softwa...
21 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

New *EMPTY constant

Follow-up on https://ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-4107. Instead of using *blank / *blanks, when one wants to return an empty string from a function, instead of writing: return ''; One could write: return *empty;
21 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Change defaults in REORGANIZE window in ACS Schemas

Please consider changing the defaults in ACS for the Reorganize Table window available in Schemas. The current defaults will start a RGZPFM with ALWCANCEL(*NO) when Enter is pressed: RGZPFM FILE(MYLIB/MYTABLE) MBR(*FIRST) KEYFILE(*N...
28 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

JOURNAL ENTRY : Ability to open multiple DATA_DETAILS windows, compare the UB and UP journal data, and highlighting the modified data in color

When displaying the logs, I would like to be able to open multiple UB and UP windows in sequence and have the tool highlight the data that has been modified. In the course of my work, I am often required to consult production logs in order to dete...
29 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Restoring individual Authorization Lists.

When moving one customer from a SAAS LPAR to his own LPAR, you must be restoring ALL user profiles to get all Authorization lists. The SAAS LPAR is running multiple customers with over 1500 user profiles. If you want to move one customer with abou...
29 days ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Future consideration

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