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IBM i

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Modern Look for IBM Navigator for i Using IBM’s Carbon Design System

Updating the IBM Navigator for i interface by implementing the Carbon Design System (https://carbondesignsystem.com/)— IBM’s open-source design system built on the IBM Design Language. Carbon provides production-ready code, design tools, UX guidel...
about 4 hours ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 0 Submitted

RPG manual - %subst() start position and length in double bytes for graphic or UCS-2

The RPG manual needs a clarification for the %subst() build-in-function. For graphic or UCS-2 data the start position and length should be specified in double bytes. This is not documented.For the old SUBST operation it is only noted that the star...
about 16 hours ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

Server Firmware Update/Upgrade Date

Last server firmware upgrade date is not reflected when we use this command, DSPFMWSTS. However it is very beneficial to know when the last update/upgrade was performed by seeing this installation date next to the current level of firmware. We do ...
1 day ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

Integrate SAML and/or OIDC authentication options for IBMi (5250/Navigator/IFS/Printer Output/SSH)

Many businesses are increasingly demanding that standard authentication processes are adhered to for all applications/servers within their environment. Whether we agree with that approach or not, there is extraordinary pressure to fit IBMi into th...
1 day ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Submitted

Enhance management of Session Timeout Interval for Navigator for i

Currently System Operators can not adjust their own Session Timeout Interval. The setting requires *ALLOBJ special authority. Another user with *ALLOBJ authority can't change the setting for the users without it. Instead, *ALLOBJ authority must be...
5 days ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Needs more information

Improve management of Session Timeout Interval for Navigator for i

Currently System Operators can not adjust their own Session Timeout Interval. The setting requires *ALLOBJ special authority. Another user with *ALLOBJ authority can't change the setting for the users without it. Instead, *ALLOBJ authority must be...
5 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

Allow COALESCE to provide automatic CAST

I have this line in a CREATE VIEW statement: coalesce(va.vaaddress1, '?Unknown') as vaaddress1, When the view is accessed using SQL embedded in ILEPRPG, the SQLSTATE becomes 01004. VAADDRESS1 is defined in a SQL TABLE as CHAR(40). It would save a ...
5 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Add Column of Configured Maximum number of jobs on Active Prestart Jobs

In the latest TRs, V7R4 TR11 in our case have been included some additional columns that also included the Peak in Use! It would be very usefull to also have an additional column with the configured Maximum number of jobs per PJ, so we could easil...
6 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Submitted

Enhanced Remote RSTLICPGM with License Acceptance Parameter

Current Limitation Today, when you run RSTLICPGM, if the product requires license acceptance, the system: Prompts interactively on the green screen OR requires a separate manual step using a CL program or override to accept the license This makes ...
7 days ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 0 Submitted

IBM i AI Assistant (Like ChatGPT, But Specialized for IBM i)

An intelligent assistant (CLI + Web + 5250 integration) that allows system admins, developers, and operators to ask natural language questions and get actionable, accurate, context-aware responses specific to the IBM i ecosystem. Command Explanati...
7 days ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 0 Submitted