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IBM i Access Family

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Change defaults in REORGANIZE window in ACS Schemas

Please consider changing the defaults in ACS for the Reorganize Table window available in Schemas. The current defaults will start a RGZPFM with ALWCANCEL(*NO) when Enter is pressed: RGZPFM FILE(MYLIB/MYTABLE) MBR(*FIRST) KEYFILE(*N...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

JOURNAL ENTRY : Ability to open multiple DATA_DETAILS windows, compare the UB and UP journal data, and highlighting the modified data in color

When displaying the logs, I would like to be able to open multiple UB and UP windows in sequence and have the tool highlight the data that has been modified. In the course of my work, I am often required to consult production logs in order to dete...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Eliminate / Upgrade Obsolete C++2013 from IBM i ACS

We recently downloaded the IBM i Access Client Solutions: Application Packages provided by AS 400 support for the iSeries\Genius connections under the subjected project. However, we found that there are some out of support software (C++ 2013) whic...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Windows 11 Pro ARM support with 64bit ODBC drivers so PowerBI Desktop and Excel can pull data from IBM I DB2. For all Mac M(x) ARM systems. Support for modern tooling

Power BI does not run on Mac Arm, but does in Parallels with Windows ARM. IBM 32bit drivers will install in Windows ARM, but 64bit will not. All modern tooling is requiring 64bit support. This kills MAC as a dev platform for IBM I with many modern...
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

ACS should reestablish connection to session when comminication is lost.

ACS is extremely sensitive when the communication is lost. Every time this happens a new session is started. Instead of this behaviour I would like that the connection is established to the original session. The problem happens for example when th...
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

ACS /PLUGIN=cfg - fast path for HMC ?

Hello, would it be possible to add in ACS /PLUGIN=cfg /system a parameter to configure fast path for HMCConsole ? (eqquiv of Advanced in ACS) - at least to 'managed system' level. That would be a great help ;) Thanks for consideration.
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Insert scripts from custom examples

Hello, after installing version 1.1.9.7, I can't insert my custom scripts; In the previous version there was a button that did that. Is there a new option to do so? Thanks in advance
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Functionality already exists

Add a search zone in the ACS Session Manager

In the IBM ACS session manager, would it be possible to add a search box where you could enter the first few letters of the session name and only sessions starting with these letters would be displayed in the session list? Thank you
12 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

RSS - Reopen tabs automatically

With the new IBM i ACS 1.1.9.6 a possibility was introduced to open multiple tabs at once via projects however this was not the idea behind my previous idea https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-3540 I'm therefore so free to request...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Provide an option to prevent ACS Run SQL Scripts from advancing to the next statement whenever a statement is executed

When you execute a query in the Run SQL Scripts tool (Ctrl-R or Run Selected) the next query in the window is automatically selected/highlighted after the executed query completes. When working with long complex queries, the automatic advancement/...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Functionality already exists

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