Skip to Main Content
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).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas
  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

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.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

ADD A NEW IDEA

All ideas

Showing 1823

db2 for service to list file members (like QUSLMBR)

Processing file members with SQL is a pain. We should at least have db2 for i service to find out what members actually exist. Pretty much like the QUSLMBR API . Use Case: Process perfomance data using SQL. All tables in QPFRDATA are multimember t...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

iACS Java TEmp Folder for command STRPCCMD amendment

Platform: Windows 10 Enterprise x64Version iACS : 1.1.8.6Java: JDK 15.0 iACS PC5250 sessions with command STRPCCMD & execute the file transfer request in pre-defined DTFX file extension exception Use Case: Case 1: When user have using the iACS...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

p7zip RPM on AIX toolbox for Linux applications

we have some LPARs that need p7zip and we are currently using the RPM coming from Micheal Perzl, since we are switching all RPM to only use the ones coming from AIX toolbox for Linux application, it would be helpful to have it. Also I guess is a c...
over 4 years ago in AIX 3 Delivered

SQL Plan Cache Filter option for Job

The Filters option in SQL Plan Cache has no option for entering job information like jobname and jobnumber. for analyzing the SQL Plan Cache and searching for the SQL statements initiated in that job, the searching takes much time and caused extra...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Delivered

Description Field for Compute and Storage templates

Add Description Field for Compute and Storage templates
almost 5 years ago in PowerVC 1 Delivered

Variable renaming

Automatic renaming of a variable, datastructure, subprocedure, and other relevant items in all of its appearances Use Case: User renames a variable using a refactoring option such as the one available for java code. The renaming marks all the vari...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

VM snapshot and restore features on PowerVC

Would like to see VM snapshot and restore features on PowerVC GUI or command line
almost 6 years ago in PowerVC 2 Delivered

Re-instate Add Printer function in IBM Navigator for I

Navigator for I was once said to have the ability to add printers to an IBMi. See https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=printing-adding-printer-navigator-i It was removed, along with the whole Basic Operations task group. Because of its web pres...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

ACS RSS Position Found Word to Middle of View

When searching for words in RSS that are not currently visible (1.1.8.7-1100) positions the view to just show the word even though there can be quite a lot of additional text that is related. Please position the source to the middle or bottom thir...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Navigator for i

Th UI in Navigator for i is not consistent. As different components have different developers, the way they design their applications is different. Selecting a date in a calendar is not working the same, which makes it annoying to use. Use Case: A...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered