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cron should reattempt loading crontabs of users that are not found

If a remote user (such as an LDAP user) has a crontab, it may not get loaded when the system is rebooted. The cron log would say: ! crontab for <user> not loaded due to authentication error. This is because at the time cron has started, the ...
over 1 year ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

Add Color Highlight to Item Names in RSE Tree View

In RDi, it would be wonderful to be able to tag a source member name, a file or other object name with a specific text color or background color in order to make the item stand-out on the tree list. This should be "sticky" so that it does evaporat...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Possibility to specify a compare procedure for SORTA and %LOOKUPxx

I would like to have the possibility to specify a compare procedure for SORTA and %LOOKUPxx in the way we are doing with the qsort and bsearchIt would make both instructions much more flexible. The pointer to the compare procedure should be added ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Future consideration

ACS ANDROID

Today ACS works on WINDOWS, LINUX and MAC.I wish that tomorrow we can use it on ANDROID Use Case: Install ACS on my chromebook to be able to work at home
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Add Object Exists Built-in Function to RPG IV

The ability to determine if a File, Data Area, User Space, Data Queue, etc. exist in simplified way becomes more and more important each day. RPG does not have the capability. We need a %EXISTS([<object-library>/]<object-name>[([file-m...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under consideration

Add More Resource type to Replication - ADDCADMRE

*DTAARA, *FILE, *OUTQ, *DEVD, *LIB also should be added to Monitoried resoucrses since some third party aplpication requires certain Objects to be replicated across ALL LPARs, inorder to maintain User Profiles, Data etc. Most of these objects only...
8 months ago in IBM i / PowerHA 0 Submitted

Keep the filters up

In capacity monitoring for example, I would like to keep my filters actives when clicking on one of the objects of the filter and going back
8 months ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Submitted

Enhance iACS Printer Output filter options

i ACS allows only two configurations for Printer Output com.ibm.iaccess.splf.FilterRestricted=true which disables the Filter and restricts the user to looking at spool files generated by the user Otherwise, the user has access to all spool files, ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Future consideration

ACS Schema Explorer - Database Diagraming support

Support database diagraming in Schema browser. Allow for creation, and reverse engineer from existing database. Reverse engineer should read all foreign key relationships and give you proper diagram. When editing a new diagram, or one generated fr...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

Add SQL Object Type to QDBRTVFD and QUSROBJD APIs

Today the SQL object type is available only via the QUSRMBRD (Retrieve Member Description) API. However when a file has NO MEMBERS, the QUSRMBRD API cannot be used to retrieve the needed SQL Object Type. Ironically, the QDBRTVFD (Retrieve File Des...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Functionality already exists

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