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IBM Commands and DS4

the IBM have a lot of commands.The screen output of the the commands are in DS3 24*80.It would be really great when the DSPF of commands would be changed to output the commands in DS4 when it's available. Use Case: See more directly.
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

PTP - Precision TIME Protocol

A new request from a financial market require to us the PTP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Precision_Time_Protocol Could you add it on IBM I? Use Case: The financial market require to us for the new release this standard.
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

Advanced Job Scheduler Calendar Date Entry

Add ability to input more than one calendar date at a time. Could be as simple as adding a + sign for More dates. Could be presenting a scrollable date calendar dropdown or popup in the green screen that one could point and click multiple dates ov...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 3 Not under consideration

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...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

QGYOLOBJ does not return Information_Status = 'L' value and it should

The QGYOLOBJ has key 201 as well as a base header that includes the same information as key 201. However, that field, "Information_Status" or Key 201 never includes the 'L' flag (locked). Instead it returns blanks when an object is locked. So eith...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

Change QUSRUSAT to work with LOCKED User Space Objects

When using the QUSRUSAT (Retrieve user space attributes) API, the API hangs/waits when the *USRSPC is *EXCL or *EXCLRD locked by another process. However since this is a read-only API, it should NOT wait. Other APIs, like DSPOBJD, QUSROBJD, etc. d...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

[AJS] Notification encoding

French special characters are not correctly formed when AJAX is sending notifications if smtp server use UTF-8. Use Case: SNDDSTJS RCP(PIERREYVES) SUBJECT('éèçàù') MSG('éèçàùêë')
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

Change Threshold for Ineligible Job

According to this document, threshold for ineligible job is reset to 255 in IPL.http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1017756 There is no way to change this initial threshold number. If it can change, it could reduce alert message. Use C...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

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...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Change the SIZE Object in WRKOBJ from Byte to MB

Better to check the size of objects in WRKOBJ command
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration