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Windows Network Neighborhood access disabled for user - enabled automatically after some time.

One of the most annoying things is when the Windows Network Neighborhood access is disabled because there is a difference in the credentials for the user on the as/400 and the windows server the user is trying to access. Often it is because they h...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 9 Not under consideration

Quick Method to Side by Side Compare an Open Source Member

Provide a quick method to compare a source member opened in LPEX editor window. Current option available is slow because it forces browsing through libraries, source files and members before a source member can be selected. It would be a lot quick...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Add variable support on CONNECT statement within SPL

Add variable support for CONNECT statement in SPL. Use Case: CREATE or replace PROCEDURE BACKUP_STATUS LANGUAGE SQL MODIFIES SQL DATA P1: BEGIN DECLARE COMMAND CHAR(200); -- Ensure this is large enough. DECLARE V_SYSTEM_NAME CHAR(25); FOR V1 AS C1...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Allow variable name as part of three part naming

Allow variable name as part of three part naming. Use Case: FOR V1 AS C1 CURSOR FOR select x.* from table( values('RACK1HST'), ('GDWEB'), ('GDIHQ1'), ('GDISYS1'), ('MAIL1'), ('RACK2HST'), ('GDWEB2'), ('GDIHQ2'), ('GDISYS2'), ('MAILTWO'), ('RACK3HS...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Internal LTO Tape for Power9

In the new generation of POWER9 hardware, there is an internal RDX device. While the RDX is a lower cost device, it is extremely slow. Why in the same location, can't an Internal LTOx tape drive be put in. Similar to a 5736 that was put into the P...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Hardware 1 Not under consideration

Add HMC functionality to filter and block specific conditons from being logged as a console event.

I would like to request to add to HMC software functionality to block or opt out from logging specific console event completely. For example we're getting lots of following messages in HMC console log09/14/2020 12:40:04.580 User lpar2rrd has logge...
about 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Not under consideration

CRTSRCPF: Varchar SRCDTA, real date SRCDAT

CRTSRCPF needs an update. Please add an option for creating source data fields in varchar & use real dates for last mod date. For bonus points, last mod date should be auto-generated. Extra bonus points if whitespace changes don't modify the d...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Not under consideration

Proxy service for iACS operations via IBM i system

Provide a proxy service for all IBM iACS functionality like 5250, ssh, database access and management, IFS access and spool file management, so a remote user can connect to a secured IBM i system and from this connect to the target system - direct...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Allow selection of multiple items in screen designer

In CODE/Designer you can lasso many items on the panel you are designing and do things with them, like move, duplicate, DELETE or change a COLOR ATTRIBUTE. Use Case: Use CODE/Designer and attempt to lasso many items and then delete or change the c...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Refinements required to ACS print file downloads

When using Printer Output in ACS, depending on what we do, some users download print files as PDF and others as a .txt file. The problem we have is that the selection is not stored for the next time. Use Case: When downloading print files to a PC ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Not under consideration

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