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IBM i Access Family

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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.
10 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Import/export 5250 emulator colors

Hello, I have downloaded a custom theme colors for 5250 emulator (https://draculatheme.com/acs). But when i want to import the file it doesn't work. Clicking on import button does nothing. Export button doesn't work either.
15 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Add ability to capture ACS OSS Package Upgrade log

As part of my team's patch management to our customers, we have to log dealts and resulting levels for all updates to IBM OSS components, we do this on multiple LPARs on multi servers. The Package upgrade dialog generated by ACS OSS tool is ideal ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Planned for future release

Add an option to show the newest "Insert From Examples" that are available ACS Run SQL Scripts

IBM adds new Insert from Examples with every version of ACS, so that we can more easily find these new examples, can you please add some sort of view or flag or date to highlight these new examples.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

IBM ACS Spool File Download hangs ay 99% if download started whilst the Spool File was Open

If you use ACS Spool File Download function on a Spool File that is at Status Open, and allow the download to get to 99%, the download hangs and will never completes, even if the spool file is later closed the spool file status changes to Ready
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

In run SQL Scripts, enhance the messaging when connecting with JDBC to include errors setting the Library List

In "Run SQL Scripts", when setting up the library list for a given JDBC connection, if any of the libraries included in the list do not exist on the system, the entire library list is not set, and the job retains its original list. When connecting...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Submitted

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.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

ACS SQL実行結果を多段表示に

Access Client Solutions の スキーマ > SQLスクリプトの実行 機能について。 複数のSQLスクリプトを同時に実行した際の、実行結果についてです。 現在の Ver. 1.1.9.7 では、それぞれの実行結果タブが1行で表示され、1行で表示しきれないタブは矢印ボタンで探す必要があります。 以前の Ver.1.1.8.8 では、それぞれの実行結果タブが多段で表示され、1行で表示しきれないタブは上下に全て表示されていました。そのため、探したい実行結果を探す操作が必...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Change IBM ACS 5250 Console Verify to only check port 2301 when Encrypted Console Selected

The default behaviour of the HMC v10 code is to no longer allow unencrypted 5250 Console session via Port 2300, for compatibility reasons ACS still needs to offer this unencrypted connections so that cannot and should not be removed. However, the ...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

Add Transfer Data Rate to ACS IFS file Upload/Download interface

The addition of a Data rate transfer information is useful telemetry data for IBM i SysAdmins and Networking specialists. The addition of this calculation (in addition to the simple percentage complete) data would help to monitor, diagnose and res...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration