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    In Compliance tab, last applied type doesnt show full profile name

    We do have custom profiles created out CISv1 profile and named with starting CISv1. Since last applied type only shows few characters, we are not able to identify which profile a server got applied.
    2 months ago in PowerSC 0 Submitted

    Script to change signed certificates on PowerSC MFA server.

    It will be easy and mutliple step executions could be avoided providing a comprehensive way to change the CA signed certificates on MFA servers. We should be just able to provide the .pem certicate file to the script and the script should then con...
    over 1 year ago in PowerSC 1 Planned for future release

    Long variable names in CLLE

    Allow variables to be defined with names longer than 10 characters in CL. This will allow CL code to be more readable and potentially reference long column names in tables.
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Planned for future release

    Copy To Archive File (CPYTOARCF) Enhancement

    Please enhance the CPYTOARCF command so that it takes the specified directory as the root directory in the zip file. Example 1: CPYTOARCF FROMFILE('/home/raddatz/temp/ziptest')TOARCF('/home/raddatz/temp/ziptest.zip') In this case the first directo...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 4 Future consideration

    Enhance QCAPCMD CL Syntax Checking to Report position of detected syntax error

    The QCAPCMD API can be used to syntax Cl commands or run them. When syntax checking, the API logs error messages in the joblog, and also returns a "Command failed" type messages to the exception/error structure. As we move to non-SEU interfaces to...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 1 Future consideration

    Enhance PARM ELEM and QUAL statements to support 8-digit DATE value

    When creating IBM and User-written CL commands, the PARM ELEM and QUAL statements are used to define parameters. Today the TYPE parameter of those statements supports *DATE. However it always passes the value into the command processing program (C...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 3 Future consideration

    Add PGM parameter to Command Definition (CMD) command

    On CRTCMD, PGM parameter defines the command processing program (CPP) for the command being created. Add this parameter to the CMD definition statement so the CPP can be coded within the command source. Today, the CPP must be specified each time t...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Planned for future release

    Command (CRTCMD) to also run SQL stored procedures and functions

    Today you can create commands to be used from command line and build them into CL programs. CL commands works as parameter wrappers and calls programs. It will be great if the command concept also could be extended to be able to directly call SQL ...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 3 Not under consideration

    Add support for data structures in CLP

    Provide the ability to declare data structures in the CLP language. Ideally both internally defined and externally defined (based on a physical file, like RPG). Something like ... DCLDS NAME(&DSNAME) DCL VAR(&SUB1) TYPE(*char) DCL VAR(&...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 11 Not under consideration

    IBM PowerSC should provide an option to mark a failed compliance rule as exception in the GUI

    The IBM PowerSC Compliance Automation feature allows users to run compliance check. Once the check is complete, the GUI shows the result and displays the failed rules. If at least 1 rule has failed then the compliance status of the LPAR is shown a...
    over 1 year ago in PowerSC 2 Planned for future release

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