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Make spoolfile searching case insensitive

When searching a spooled file, the information must be entered case sensitive. Instead of searching for escape, I have to search for Escape in order to find escape messages in job logs. Instead of searching for 'library list changed', I have to se...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Submitted

Modern Look for IBM Navigator for i Using IBM’s Carbon Design System

Updating the IBM Navigator for i interface by implementing the Carbon Design System (https://carbondesignsystem.com/)— IBM’s open-source design system built on the IBM Design Language. Carbon provides production-ready code, design tools, UX guidel...
4 days ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 0 Submitted

RPG manual - %subst() start position and length in double bytes for graphic or UCS-2

The RPG manual needs a clarification for the %subst() build-in-function. For graphic or UCS-2 data the start position and length should be specified in double bytes. This is not documented.For the old SUBST operation it is only noted that the star...
5 days ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

IBM i AI Assistant (Like ChatGPT, But Specialized for IBM i)

An intelligent assistant (CLI + Web + 5250 integration) that allows system admins, developers, and operators to ask natural language questions and get actionable, accurate, context-aware responses specific to the IBM i ecosystem. Command Explanati...
11 days ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 0 Submitted

QMGTOOLS Option to Compare/Order Cross Reference PTFs Before an OS Upgrade

In QMGTOOLS option 24, PTF menu, can IBM add an option to compare/order cross-reference PTFs when planning for an OS upgrade, like from 7.4 to 7.5?
23 days ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

Improve management of Session Timeout Interval for Navigator for i

Currently System Operators can not adjust their own Session Timeout Interval. The setting requires *ALLOBJ special authority. Another user with *ALLOBJ authority can't change the setting for the users without it. Instead, *ALLOBJ authority must be...
9 days ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

Enable a description to be added to system reply list entries

When you use the wrkrpyle command you see a list of Message ID's which is quite meaningless. I recently was investigating at a new site where there were a lot of reply list messages and no site documentation so I worked through the messages to det...
24 days ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Submitted

Start and stop the Syslog server on the IBM i

Add the ability to start and stop the Syslog server on IBM i to the STRTCPSVR and ENDTCPSVR commands.Similarly, in Navigator for IBM i
24 days ago in IBM i / Networking 0 Submitted

Enable the usage of non ephemeral/static ports when using ObjectConnect over TCP/IP

Currently, IBMi ObjectConnect over TCP/IP uses TCP port 9841. Once the connection is established, it attempts to negotiate a data port connection within the ephemeral port range of 5000-65535. This configuration is not practical when a firewall ex...
3 months ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 0 Submitted

Add user to SEP parameter so we can target another users job with that SEP

With the recent release of SEP support for Merlin and VS Code, it seems that they made it just use the user you connected to the IBM i with. In my product, we rarely (dare I say never) want to set an SEP on our current user. We need to 'catch' the...
6 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

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