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).


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Need new Era year (GENGO) support for AIX Japanese environment

Japan's Emperor Akihito will step down in April 2019. His abdication will mark the end of the Heisei era, and he would be immediately succeeded by his son Crown Prince Naruhito on 1 May, which would start a new imperial era.https://www.bbc.com/new...
over 6 years ago in AIX 2 Delivered

Port nano text editor in PASE as a simpler alternative to vi/vim

vi/vim is superior and great for reasons that I will never understand but will blindly accept as valid. While I try to learn it and become efficient with it, something more 'practical' like nano would be a fantastic addition to the existing PASE t...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Delivered

Navigator for i Message Monitor - ignore a message ID

I want the ability for specific messages to be ignored by the Navigator for i message monitor. Use Case: I set up a message monitor for QSYSOPR inquiry messages. It sends me emails and a text if one occurs. I want it to ignore CPA7025, however, an...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Delivered

ACS opens empty terminal window

When I open IBM i Access Client Solutions or 5250 emulator, this opens an empty Terminal app. This happens since Windows 11 replaced the command interpreter (cmd.exe) by Terminal app.
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Support RPGLE hyperlink for procedures and subroutines

The new hyperlink functionality added in 8.5.1 allows to goto a variable definition from one of its references in the code. I'd like that support to be extended to procedures and subroutines.I know that go to definition function already exists wit...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Add NetServer Disabled column to the default view of Disabled Users for IBM i NetServer in Navigator for i

The current default view for Disabled Users for IBM i NetServer in Navigator for i shows the status of the IBM i User Profile, this is often Enabled even thought the user is Disabled for NetServer Access. This is confusing for users that are new t...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

HMC command to retrieve lpar description and group tags

The LPAR general properties allows the specification of a "description" and the specification of "group tags". However there is no mechanism to retrieve these values from the command line.
over 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Delivered

Allow multiple LUNs to be unmanaged

When unmanaging LUNs in PowerVC we are only allowed to unmanage an indidual LUN as multiples cannot be selected.
over 6 years ago in PowerVC 1 Delivered

ACS - shortcuts to Schemas function

Access Client Solutions has shortcuts for accessing the Run SQL Script function: plugin RSS for the start program and menu command "Run SQL Scripts" for 5250 window. It would be nice to have the same functionality for the new Schemas function. Use...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

ACS IFS add "upload from" location in preferences

Currently the Integrated file System preferences allow you to specify a "Download location". I would like to have an "Upload location" added there as well.
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

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