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Run SQL Scripts - AutoSave

Please add some auto-save features to the Run SQL Scripts program. I can think of at least two options I would like to see: 1. Every x number of minutes.2. Any time an action is performed, e.g. after clicking Run and before actually running the st...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 7 Delivered

Nav4i Node Display name

In today's world IP address are frequently used for accessing nodes instead of the FQDN. For this the New Navigator for i is no exception to that rule, but when working with nodes an mane can be helpful in order to keep nodes apart. Use Case: In t...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

Provide Db2i Service For Managing Certificates

Recently our SSL certificates expired and upon raising a support ticket with IBM our only solution was to delete everything and start from scratch again. No message was issued by the OS to inform us that certificates were due to expire. The soluti...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

API to set Service Tools Lan Interface Configuration

One of the cool features I use to rapidly deploy many partitions is a combination of flash copy on Storwize along with customized startup jobs that recognize the change of partition and/or system and perform customization of the partition on the f...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 5 Delivered

Add preference to default all opens to be browse only.

I want all my opens from features that allow a choice to default to browse unless I choose other wise on that open selection. Use Case: I am a developer that has *ALLOBJ authority and when I open members (mostly through the "Open Member in Editor"...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 10 Delivered

Add view or udtf JOB_QUEUE_ENTRIES

Because the view JOB_QUEUE_INFO already exist, so similar to the output_queue_xxx views the job_queue_entries view is missing select * from qsys2.job_queue_entrieswhere job_queue_name = 'QBATCH'
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

SQL's HTTPxxxx-Functions should provide body data of the response

It is great that we can consume webservices with SQL functions. I have to consume a REST web service that answers in the case of an error with HTTP response code 401 and a JSON object with "error" and "error_desc" in the body of the response telli...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

PowerVC should use a supported version of python3

The most recent version of PowerVC (2.0.3 released May 2022) installs with Python 3.6.8 and is coded so that it will only work only with Python 3.6.8. Python 3.6.8 went out of support 12/23/2021. Thus, PowerVC is using an insecure release of pytho...
about 2 years ago in PowerVC 1 Delivered

ACS run SQL scripts: Export to Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML etc.

Now we got the context menu for result sets in ACS - Run SQL scripts. So now I have a new request: It will be nice if it was possible to directly export the result set show in in the grid to common used formats like Excel ( Open XML) , CSV, plain ...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

PowerSC MFA solution to create an allow/block list for users.

It would be useful to have a feature added to PowerSC MFA inorder to create a list of users to which the MFA should not be applicable. This is a requirement in our environment as we have multiple automation/service users which perform some kind of...
about 2 years ago in PowerSC 2 Delivered

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