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IBM i Access Family

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    ACS Run SQL script and prompting for statement variables. Support predefined and default values.

    In ACS version 1.1.9.2 support for prompting statement variables with the use of ? or a variable name starting with : was introduced. Ref: https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/ibm-i-75-tr2-enhancements This is great. Prompting for a statement v...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

    ACS - Database Table Functions

    Allow me to edit the contents of a table from the ACS Database context. I can View, Clear, Copy, Initialize and Reorganize Data but not Edit the content. Use Case: This option is heavily used by our database administrators in order to view and man...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

    ACS Spool File Download Options

    Be able to include the USRDTA in the file name when downloading a spoolfile to your local computer. The user data can mean something and it would be nice to be able to include that as part of the PDF file name.
    8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

    iACS - HOD

    we have done a network installation of iACS inside our IFS with restricted access for functions like "run SQL-Scripts". Our Users can only see the 5250-Emulator and their SPLFs. We have entered the restrictions inside the AcsConfig.properties-file...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    Just like the 5250 Emulator, please consider adding the "Tab" feature in the IBM I ACS Schemas tool. Thanks.

    Database design and maintenance would oftentimes need to look at database on different partitions. It would be nice to provide DBAs this convenience and not having to open multiple windows.
    11 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under 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...
    7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Submitted

    RUNRMTCMD equivalent command for IBM i Access Client Solutions.

    RUNRMTCMD was available in IBM i Access for Windows (iAWin) but not in IBM i Access Client Solutions (i ACS). Up until Service Pack (SP) SI57907, when RUNRMTCMD is issued, the desktop application would launch and user is able to view the applicati...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    ACS - HMC 5250 System Console - ability to set a default host code page and also set a default language/country on the "Welcome to Remote 5250 Console" screen.

    When using the HMC Probe utility to open a new ACS HMC 5250 system console, the host code page always defaults to 037 even if the default.hod session profile ("<documents>\IBM\iAccessClient\OpCon\Sessions\hmc\<hmc_hostname>\s\default.h...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    Provide plug-in mechanism for iACS

    Provide a formal plug-in interface for iACS to allow developers to provide extensions to the existing functionality. Use Case: A plug-in interface to iACS would allow vendors, and open source developers, to provide additional functionality to vari...
    almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

    ACS live editor

    Using many tools that make use of SFTP and related, it is possible to go and edit objects in the ifs in real time. Given the new features it would be interesting to implement this change on ACS as well, so that it would be more complete since now ...
    10 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

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