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IBM i Access Family

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ACS - add LOCATE function to scan existing *.SQL files for text entry

Within ACS, you have Content Assist and Examples. Please consider adding a way to search your folder(s) of saved *.SQL files for a specific text value, such as MERGE, LIBRARYNAME, or FILENAME. This would enable developers to quickly open a saved s...
19 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Update to ACS install

When performing an ACS uninstall we would like to have the option to suppress the attached message to user.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Needs more information

Please add a prompt to run the setup functions again. (Resubmitted)

Please see the idea I created before with the same title. The functionality needed as you say is already in the system. I disagree. Control is available but is totally in the hands of the PC and network folk. They are not responsible for the secur...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

Allow path to hod files to be specified so open other will start in the required directory.

I have quite a few systems that I connect to using 5250 sessions and I use the tabbed option. When I click the + sign to start a new tab, which I have set to Start Other, the directory shown is where the last session was started from which commonl...
2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Save Results Sets to the IFS

Enable the 'Save Results' feature of Run SQL Scripts to save the output to the IFS of the connected server. This enables data extracted to be kept on the originating server e.g. for data security purposes and for environments where users are not a...
6 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Future consideration

Improve IBM i Access ODBC Driver simultaneous connections by eliminating constant Windows registry updates

Please refer to IBM case number: TS014016695. It will fix the problem when ODBC driver creates multiple connections to the same host name as the same time. We had an issue in our organization when network connection drops between Windows cloud ser...
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Future consideration

ACS RunSQL field list search

We use the ACS Run Sql constantly to pull data for reports and research. The F4 prompt gives us a field list for the files. Often times we have many files joined. We cannot remember all the field names of all the files on the system, but we do kno...
5 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Support folders in iACS session manager

Provide the ability to create folders & sub-folders in the iACS session manager to allow better organization of display & printer sessions. Use Case: In situation where there are large number of display & printer sessions, it would be ...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Not under consideration

ACS - Run SQL Scripts disable "insert from examples" for selected users

We have been using Access Client Solutions for several years. Mainly the 5250 sessions are used by our users, but there are also selected power users who are authorized to use the function "Run SQL Scripts".For this users it is also possible to us...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

Please add a prompt to run the setup functions again.

Today, we needed to add the IFS option onto a users screen. I could not find an option to allow me to do so. When we ran the install option, it simply ran the install with no prompts. Administrators on the IBM i are not always authorized to access...
2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Functionality already exists

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