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SSO HTTP transactions do not write X0 journal entry to QAUDJRN

All SSO interfaces write a X0 journal entry to QAUDJRN when a Service Ticket arrives. This is not true for the HTTP interface, for example IBM i Navigator for i. Use Case: X0 transactions can be a great help for troubleshooting but also tell how m...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

Logging / Monitoring SQL activity after and within a DRDA connection session

The IBM i O/S does not have the ability to monitor SQL transactions via DRDA connection from a remote system. This would be from the exit point DDM/DRDA request access in the network attributes (DSPNETA). Use Case: I would like to have the ability...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

Add Metaphone 3 (or better) to SQL to supplement SOUNDEX() UDF

SoundEx() (in SQL) is dated and returns too many false-positives. For example "COMFORTER" and "COMPRESSOR" return the same SoundEx index. There is a updated routine called Metaphone 3 that is supposed to provide better results. Please implement th...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

RDi RPG editor - need a line that always shows what subroutine/proc that cursor is in

When I'm browsing or editing an RPG source member (of any kind), I would like to always see what is the name of the subroutine or procedure that my cursor is in so that I don't always have to scroll up to find out. This would be particularly helpf...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Add start mirroring function to new Navigator

The original Navigator and 'old' Navigator for i had an option to start disk pool mirroring on a newly created ASP or IASP, avoiding partition downtime to start mirroring in Dedicated Service Tools. That function is not available in new Navigator....
about 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Not under consideration

Please port the newly open-sourced Swift programming language to IBM i under 5733OPS

I assume that we've given the COMMON process enough time to percolate on this submission from 5Dec2015: http://requirements.common.org/powerbase/view/ideasIBM.htm?db=ideasIBM&Where=ID%20=%20371 Problem:Our IBM i development community struggles...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Not under consideration

Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 - Metered Usage Enhancements

Power Enterprise Pools 2.0 resource sharing and metered usage is a step-change for Power Systems private cloud adoption. To improve it further, more granular control and visibility is required at the host partition level. I'd like to request an en...
over 3 years ago in Cloud Management Console 6 Not under consideration

Allow variables defined with like(...) to be used as embedded SQL host variables

Variables defined with like(...) should be usable as embedded SQL host variables. Allowing only variables defined with a specific datatype makes for more difficult application maintenance.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Dynamically raise maximum virtual slot numbers

Please add ability to raise maximum virtual slot numbers of VIO and client LPARs dynamically without need of LPAR restart.
almost 6 years ago in PowerVM 2 Not under consideration

New Navigator: Customize browser for mobile clients

With IBM i 7.5 IBM i Access for Web is no longer supported. This includes the web interface for mobile clients. Have you tried using http://myibmi:2002/Navigator/ from a browser on a mobile client? UGLY!
about 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Not under consideration

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