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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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Prevent ALTER TABLE when field size expanded and there is a field procedure

When a field procedure is assigned to a field, in our case for purposes of encrypting the field data, and an ALTER TABLE is allowed to execute against the field to expand the field size, then data corruption occurs. Use Case: Example Create table ...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

Make ibm more strong

Because ibm acadmic website is too buffer
7 months ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 1 Not under consideration

New attribute "spooled file topic" on printer file.

Add a new attribute "spooled file topic" on the printer file for a long and readable description of each spooled file. Add the new attribute to CRTPRTF and OVRPRTF commands. Use Case: This new attribute is very helpfull for the user that must find...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Print 3 Not under consideration

In CSI system monitor, add CL var for triggered metric

In monitors, the actual metric that was triggered is only available for metrics involving jobs. It's not available for system monitors. Please add &METRIC as a CL substitution variable for all monitor types. https://www.ibm.com/developerworks/...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Not under consideration

Deploy DCM with default *SYSTEM key store

Currently DCM is deployed without a *SYSTEM KDB (key store). That means, even simple applications using https requests need to create a kdb to function properly. As it is common on every other operating system these days, IBM should deploy DCM in ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 4 Not under consideration

Saving Macros in LPEX Editor

Hello,i am missing a functionality in the LPEX Editor. I often use the macro recording function to make changes i my code. This is a very cool feature because it is very simple to use. But in some cases i would wish to save a recorded sequence and...
almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Support 5250 emulator for mobile device.

The only IBM 5250 emulator that worked on mobile devices (iPhone and Android) was 5250 applet which was a part of IBM access for Web (5770-XH2). As the IBM access for Web had been discontinued since IBM i 7.5, there are no alternative 5250 emulato...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Batch restores for Multi-library recoveries enhancements.

f the saves were done in a Serial-Parallel mode, the use of concurrent batch restores for multi-library recoveries is a great way to minimize the restore time:https://helpsystemswiki.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/IWT/pages/165642322/How+to+Use+Batch+R...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Not under consideration

Set Wide Screen Mode (27x132) as the Default Option or (preferrably) the only option for ACS 5250 Configuration

When end-users setup their devices they don't have 20 to 40 years experience with *DS3 and *DS4 mode. They're not sure what 27x132 means. Since is it 2022 and not 1982, it would be better to default to 27x132 for ACS 5250 Display Configurations. I...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Convert to Free Format for D, P and F-Specs

We are missing an option to convert D, P and F-Specs automatically to Free format Syntax. This is currently only working for C-Specs. Please add this feature to the existing function. Currently you can reach the function by right-click on the RPG-...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Not under consideration