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Request for "assignment time" column option in QRadar Offense

Hello Support, We have a critical business requirement for Qradar offense export data. Being an MSSP we need assignment time in the Qradar offense data export CSV file to run our operations efficiently. Currently with the available information, th...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Need to see "Willing to communicate in English" field on Pipeline screen

Since our teams cover many different languages it would be very helpful to see what language the customer wishes to communicate in on the main pipeline case screen. Use Case: It would save time so we don't have to select each case to determine if ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

The limit of 9999 records in a subfile is more than 30 years old. Time to increase

There is some justifcation about the limit of 9999 for a subfile. It is more than 500 pages. To roll so many pages does not make sense. But many have desinged programs that search subfiles, sort the subfile, print the subfile, see also request htt...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Let the system Print Key function Print the entire subfile

Currently when doing a print key it prints only what is o the screen. If there is a subfile, a custom program needs to be done to print the subfile. A subfile where the roll-up/down is controled by the system, the system knows already what is in t...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 5 Not under consideration

Advanced Job Scheduler Output Queue Monitor and Distribution

We would like to have more parameters in the output queue monitor that allows for wildcard file name such as QP1A* and a delay that allows time for multiple spooled files to develop. Then bundle the spooled file into a common .PDF and follow the e...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

Create command for CL progam documentation

There is very nice command GENCMDDOC for documentation creation for CL command with nice HTML output. To have similiar command for CL programs could be very interesting and useful for documentation purposes eg GENCLDOC.
14 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

Time Based Monitoring

We have several Monitors which are timing based and trigger on Certain days/date and time. Currently Instana doesn’t handle these requests.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

Two-way communication framework

Currently, Instana is only able to collect information from IBMi but not able to feed requests back to IBMi. This is an important piece which our team used to reply and acknowledge events directly from user interface instead of logging into each L...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Submitted

Static Monitors against a policy on IBMi

Instana is not able to handle static monitoring. Some monitors are static in nature like which are contractually setup on each LPAR based on application and ITSS security requirements. We have some policies setup on the IBMi system and we monitor ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Submitted

Create an "Get Current Library Name" API in the spirit of Qp0wGetJobID

The current API named QWCRTVCA works okay, but in those times when you only need the current library (*CURLIB) for something, setting up the parameters and calling QWCRTVCA is far too verbose and complex. Please create a new simplified API to retu...
3 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration