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Update RLA to check external DS RCDFMT, not File Name

When using Record Level Access (RLA) with an externally described data structure, RPG compiler throws a RNF7595 if the file used to define the data structure has a different name than the file being accessed. The downside of this is that different...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

CMC, diiferent levels of update warnings

Enhance CMC patchplanning with more values then just red.
over 2 years ago in Cloud Management Console 1 Future consideration

New command to substitue for emgr -l for read-only, non-root access

Right now if you want to use the emgr command to list efix data for automated data collection, you have to give root level access to the command or another script that runs emgr. Please consider adding a discrete command that only reads emgrdata f...
8 months ago in AIX 0 Planned for future release

Secure QFileSvr.400 connections on 7.3 IBM i systems using SSL/TLS

IBM i 7.4 provides a method for securing QFileSvr.400 file system connections with TLS (https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/ssw_ibm_i_74/ifs/rzaaxos4seccon.htm)WE would like to see the same functionality added to IBM i 7.3 Use Case: This w...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 2 Not under consideration

inetd needs hardening

inetd is too easily killed. We have had numerous examples over the years of customers or cluster software resetting systems only to find, looking in the crash dump, that inetd is not running. This is odd because srcmstr is responsible for restarti...
over 2 years ago in AIX 0 Future consideration

RDi CL formatting for declaring variables with defined storage

Add a preference to indent DCL statements for variables with STG(*DEFINED). Use Case: Declare an incoming parameter for a qualified object and then declare the object name and library. With the indentation it would look similar to the following: d...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Multiple values into a prompt using text input

Support case ID:TS001543575 We can get multiple results by entering multiple values into a prompt using text input when we search by using some reports on DB2 WebQuery 2.1. example: enter prompt ---> A 'OR' B search result ---> data of A and...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 2 Not under consideration

Include Left Hand Indicators in Outline

Please include Left Hand indicators in the Outline. they currently don't get picked up. Use Case: .
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 9 Future consideration

novalink as a NIM server

IBM Cloud suggests it would be helpful if Novalink could be a NIM service for ALL client lpars on a host independent of PowerVC tenant ID
about 3 years ago in PowerVM NovaLink 1 Future consideration

Add imbedded SQL to CL

Please add imbedded SQL precompiler support to CL.With so many cool new Services out there it would really simplify CL to be able to easily access those services.And many of those services would really help a "control" type language like CL.Saying...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration