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CRTDUPOBJ command update a status file or periodically send a message to the job log that indicates the percent complete

There isn't an interface to the CRTDUPOBJ command that allows us to monitor the status, nothing found in Advanced analysis too, So have the CRTDUPOBJ command update a status file or periodically send a message to the job log that indicates the per...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

Save and reuse favourite shell commands, sql statements, qsh statements, ...

Simplify the persistent reuse of statements as we do within cl: with F9 and have that for other environments like qsh: qcmd: sql: bash:. These options are not yet persistent and not easy to manage. I would like to easily build my favourite menus b...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Recipient Email Notification of AJS jobs when job time limit exceeded

We need Advanced Job Scheduler (AJS) have the ability to send an email notification (not message to the message queue of the user running the scheduled job) to be sent after a specified scheduled job exceeds the time limit threshold specified in t...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

Retrieve data area description

Develop a CL command or API to retrieve the description of a data area (i.e., retrieve the type and length of the data area). Use Case: When ready to promote development work to production which includes any new data areas. Retrieve the data area ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 5 Not under consideration

Add IMPORTANCE parameter to SNDSMTPEMM and API QtmsCreateSendEmail

On the old e-mail command SNDDST there was an option to change the content importance of the e-mail. It will add "Importance" to the mail header. Please add this parameter to the command SNDSMTPEMM and API QtmsCreateSendEmail.
2 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 0 Submitted

Automatically address file issue on the QAS9PALEVT file reaching full

The maximum size has been reached for member QAS9PALEVT file QAS9PALEVT in library QSRVAGT.
8 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Submitted

Use the Partition/System Name Consistently

The nomenclature SYSNAME is associated with the RTVNETA command since before Partitions existed. It is now often known as the System/Partition or LPAR name. While IBM does display the System Name on UIM screens and menus, and stores it within crea...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Core OS 3 Future consideration

Add Continuation Handle to QWCRJBLK API

"Job holds a large number of locks" but the best we can do is the limitation on the size of a Poitner to a User Space (16M) of available space to dump the job locks info with QWCRJBLK. The API needs to have a Continuation Handle like those used in...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Remove obsolete options from CRTNWSD and CRTNWSSTG

Many of the options on CRTNWSD and CRTNWSSTG are no longer viable. IBM hasn't supported iSCSI since 2016. Starting with the release after 7.5 they should limit it to options currently supported. I would suggest defaults of CRTNWSD TYPE(*GUEST) CRT...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 5 Not under consideration

Need API to return SQL_OBJECT_TYPE and SQL LONG NAME from IBM i object name and type and visversa

Please enhanced QGYOLOBJ and QUSROBJD return the SQL Long Object Name and SQL Object Type for objects that have those properties. Also, provide a new API or enhance QDBRTVSN to go in the reverse; that is to return the IBM i object name and object ...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Future consideration