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Security java toolbox vs Job batch

We are encountering more and more standard processes that use the Java Toolbox, particularly when using IWS servers.My company and I have identified cases of interference between these processes and the batch jobs that use them.For years, we have ...
8 days ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

Allow finer grained 'Adopt Authority'

This idea will allow ISVs and other to help close security exposures related to programs that adopt authority. Currently a program can be set to USRPRF(*OWNER) to have it adopt authority. Different programs within an application have needs for acc...
13 days ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

Copy service definition in IWS

Provide the ability to copy an existing service definition, so you don't have to go through all the steps to define a new service when a similar service already exists.
13 days ago in IBM i / Web Serving 0 Submitted

Add ability to capture ACS OSS Package Upgrade log

As part of my team's patch management to our customers, we have to log dealts and resulting levels for all updates to IBM OSS components, we do this on multiple LPARs on multi servers. The Package upgrade dialog generated by ACS OSS tool is ideal ...
20 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Submitted

licensing for db2connect change

as a small MSP we eventually ran into a situation where a customer wants to test DB2connect for development purposes. Current Licensing requires us to buy or rent DB2connect for all IBM i enabled cores on the particular server which then can be us...
21 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Submitted

%SCANRPL to replace only *FIRST (or *LAST) occurence

%SCANRPL is a nice and usefull function but sometimes we need to limit the replacement to the first or the last occurence. Of course we can code around it using %scan but nowadays UTF strings are more complicated so the code itself can became frag...
25 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Submitted

new build in function %PASSEDVALUE

In procedures with optional parameters, the %PASSED-BIF can be used to check whether the parameters are passed. To use such a parameter, a local field must be defined and the value must be set in the local field when the parameter is passed, other...
25 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Submitted

Add 'Jobs Using Connection' details to QSYS2.NETSTAT_INFO

Adding 'Jobs Using Connection' details to QSYS2.NETSTAT_INFO would provide valuable information when investigating connectivity issues. It would also bring the QSYS2.NETSTAT_INFO service inline with the information provided via the NETSTAT *CNN co...
25 days ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Submitted

Advanced Job Scheduler - Increase job group size from 99 to 999 (# of jobs included in a group) (or at least more than 100)

We currently use a non-IBM job scheduler that frequently has over 100 jobs in the job grouping. We would like to use AJS to replace this product, but one of the limiting factors is only 99 jobs are allowed in a group.
28 days ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

Add an option to show the newest "Insert From Examples" that are available ACS Run SQL Scripts

IBM adds new Insert from Examples with every version of ACS, so that we can more easily find these new examples, can you please add some sort of view or flag or date to highlight these new examples.
28 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

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