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    WRKUSRPRF - search for part of name in description

    I would like to have the possibility in WRKUSRPRF to search for a given string in the description of the user profile. If the users for example have the name Jens Petersen or Peter Jensen then I would like to be able to find them searching with th...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 8 Not under consideration

    PowerSC Patch Management feature should also manage HIPER ifixes

    The PowerSC Patch Management is an excellent feature to manage security ifixes. There are few customers who want PowerSC to also manage HIPER ifixes. Currently PowerSC only download security ifixes. It would be nice if PowerSC can also download an...
    over 1 year ago in PowerSC 3 Planned for future release

    IBM PowerSC should provide option to do selective apply and undo rules from a compliance profile

    The IBM PowerSC compliance automation feature is used to apply hardening rules. Currently the way it works is - we create a security profile and apply the complete profile on the LPAR. There is no way to selectively apply only few rules from the p...
    over 1 year ago in PowerSC 2 Planned for future release

    DCL variable length variables or CALLPRC passing *BYVAL2 or *BYVAL4

    I would like the ability to declare a varying length character variable in CL. Just like in RPG. For example:DCL VAR(&VAR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(100)DCL VAR(&VAR) TYPE(*VARCHAR) LEN(100) DCL VAR(&VAR) TYPE(*VARCHAR) LEN(100000) DCL VAR(&...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 5 Future consideration

    Call Command Parameter Logging in Job Log

    When reviewing a job log to investigate an issue, if the user is running a CL program that calls another program with parameters, the call command is logged and a comment is added " /* The CALL command contains parameters */". It would be very use...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 5 Not under consideration

    Add new function *BLANKS and *ZEROS on CLP

    Implement a new function, on CLP language, to initialize a variable with Blanks or Zeros Use Case: DCL VAR(&CHAR) TYPE(*CHAR) LEN(1000) DCL VAR(&NUM) TYPE(*DEC) LEN(10 5) CHGVAR VAR(&CHAR) VALUE(*BLANKS) CHGVAR VAR(&NUM) VALUE(*ZEROS)
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 5 Not under consideration

    Add report overview for Quantum Safe Scanning

    currently in the new version the quantum safe scan option is only able to display results for each system, would be great to have a massive overview for big server farms.
    4 months ago in PowerSC 0 Submitted

    Provide an official and paid support line for the Opensource ClamAV with PowerSC

    Customers in MEP, especially the Qatari banking sector, are looking for fully supported Anti-malware solution on IBM Power systems.Currently, it is doable via PowerSC with the Opensource ClamAV. However, ClamAV does not have official support chann...
    11 months ago in PowerSC 1 Submitted

    Provide a CL Command Parameter Option for Required when INTERACTIVE

    some CL command parameters can be designated as MIN(1) which makes them have a value before the command may be run. We need a way to set parameters to REQUIRED when they are run interactively vs batch. Add a RQD parameter (or similar) to PARM stat...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 2 Not under consideration

    Qualified data structures in CLLE

    When defining a data structure in CLLE with DCL STG(*DEFINED), allow subfields to be defined as qualified in a similar way to RPG. e.g. DCL &STRUCT *CHAR(100) DCL VAR(&SUBFIELD) TYPE(*CHAR) STG(*DEFINED) + LEN(2) DEFVAR(&STRUCT 1) QUAL...
    about 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - CL (Control Language) 1 Planned for future release

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