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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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IBM i Access Family

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Open Source Package Manager - Add Search Feature

In the Open Source Package Manager it would be fantastic if there was a way to search or refine the list of packages instead of having to scroll through the entire list. This could apply to all three sections: Installed, Updates and Available pack...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Concurrent use of Screen History and Macro Playback in ACS

Upon running a macro in Access Client Solutions Version 1.1.7.0 we are informed that we must disable/remove screen history in order to run macros. We want to run macros while screen history is turned on. (It would not be necessary to record the sc...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Enhance ACS Column details for Developer productivity

In ACS -> Run SQL Scripts -> SQL Result Window -> View -> Details, ACS presents a window of column details. Please enhance this window in the following ways: 1) on column details, make field list panel expandable, allow drag down to vi...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Enhancement to ACS Plugin PWCHANGE

For many end-users, they are not given the ACS interface - simply an icon to click for the system or system(s) they have access to. For these users, they would have to click each icon representing each system they have access to change their passw...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS - Run Command

IBM has done a good job replacing "System i Navigator" with the "Access Client Solutions" product. However there are a few features that System i Navigator provided that are not present in the ACS product. One feature I would like to request that ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

Default the same location to the open path of the SQL script

The ACS Run SQL Scripts tool saves the last location of the last save of scripts, which is fine to a point. The ablilty to save results to a file also defaults to this same location. Please change the product in one of two ways. 1. Default the fil...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

ACS Printer Output Date Time enhancement

In IBM i Access Client Solutions (ACS), Printer Output module, the creation date and time are separate columns. Also, the date and time are being translated to another timezone and do not match the create date and time on the wrksplf application. ...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Access Client Solution Run SQL Scripts close dialog box

Within Access Client Solutions Run SQL Scripts function, exiting from the function without saving causes the "Inquiry Message" dialog to be displayed with Yes, No, and Cancel buttons available. Enhancement request is to have keyboard short cut for...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Add Visual Explain to Run SQL Scripts

A new feature was added as part of the latest update for Rational Developer -, Run SQL Scripts i. It would be a huge benefit to have Visual Explain added to this new feature. Use Case: None
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

Keepalive for 5250 console

Keep an open session for 5250 console (HMC). Use Case: Save the entire system
over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered