IBM Power Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

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    Add 'compare' function when working with IFS source.

    When editing a source member that contains unsaved changes, you can press ESC and type 'compare' to highlight those changes. With IFS source, it doesn't do anything. I'd like the 'compare' function to work with IFS source just like it does with so...
    10 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    RDi "BYOE" (Bring-Your-Own-Eclipse) Edition

    The idea is, to have RDi as an BYOE (Bring-Your-Own-Eclipse) install, which can be integrated into any existing Eclipse installation (even under Linux). This way, RDi would open up to more developers, especially to developers running Eclipse on Li...
    12 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

    Rdi Debug Step Over enhancement - Exec SQL statements

    Currently when debugging RPG code with RDi in *SOURCE view, Step Into and Step Over will have to be pressed an unknown number of times to clear a single Exec SQL Statement. This is because the SQL Precompiler replaces Exec SQL Statements with mult...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Future consideration

    IBM-AWS Innovathon 2025 - Late payment of healthcare claims is a persistent challenge, leading to financial penalties for payors—especially in U.S. states with strict mandates and high interest rates for delayed payments.

    Proposed AI-Based Solution: Real-Time Claims Inventory Management for late Payment Reduction. Objective: Minimize late payment interest by proactively identifying and prioritizing claims at risk of breaching timely payment thresholds. Key Features...
    about 1 month ago in Power Ecosystem Software / Health Care 0 Submitted

    simplify the procedure to install the license key

    the procedure to install the license key is awfully complicated and error prone and requested tech support which superseded the instructions that are poor and incomplete.
    10 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    Allow date formats to be configured for property dialogs in RSE

    Allow date formats to be configured for property dialogs in RSE so dates are easier to read. Personally, I prefer shorter dates.
    about 2 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

    LPEX Bracket matching

    When editing sources which have expressions that contain multiple brackets it is often difficult to see which open and closing brackets match. Most other editors highlight the pair of matching brackets while navigating in the source, please provid...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

    Show SQL referenced items in Outline View

    Tables, views, and columns referenced in embedded SQL do not appear in the Outline View. Use Case: **free ctl-opt dftactgrp(*no); dcl-s table char(10);dcl-s lib char(10);dcl-s text char(50); // table exists on every systemexec sql declare pgmr_own...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration

    RDI: Content assist can not show fields in data structures with more than 2 levels

    In RDI you can normally use content assistent ( ctrl+space) to select a field from a list of fields. This works ok for data structures with 2 levels but if you have 3 or more it doesn't work. Example:dcl-ds myDS1 qualified; field1 like(myField1); ...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

    Add the ability to create/save/and use Library Lists

    Users of RDi generally work on more than one product need an easier way to manipulate the Library List. While adding a new Library List view will help, users want the ability to create, save, and use those library lists. This will speed productivi...
    almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Future consideration

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