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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SNDPTFORD returns "error" when all PTF in a group are current

When using SNDPTFORD to download a group e.g. SF99741, after checking all installed PTF, system reports CPF8C24 with severity 40 and "Error occured while processing request" - but all PTF in this group already are installed. Use Case: This is a "n...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 6 Not under consideration

iACS Run SQL Scripts - option to format numeric fields in the output with thousands place separators

I would like the ability to format numeric fields in the output with thousands place separators, for better readability. Ideally this would be able to be toggled from the results pane without having to rerun the query. Use Case: Improve readabilit...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

Preserve SQL view formatting

When creating complex views their readability is highly dependent on the formatting of the complex SQL statement. When retrieving the SQL definition of an existing view (in order to update it), the majority of the formatting is lost however which ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

Enhance %DEC / %INT / %FLOAT to recognize and accept negative values in a Zoned format

Currently, the %DEC and %INT BIFs do not recognize an ending character of "}"/"J"/.../"R" as representing a digit with a X'D' in the zone portion of the character. Thus, the character representation of a NEGATIVE number — as may be created by %EDI...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

IBM ACS Update Check Function to also check Windows / Linux Applications Packages

The IBM Access Client Solutions Update function currently checks the for a newer version of the Deployed Java Client but not for updates in the Installed Windows or Linux Application Packages. Use Case: Help users of the functions provided by the ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

AIX IPSec improvements for regulation compliance

In the context of French "Loi de Programmation Militaire" regulation, ANSSI requests to implement IPSec between application workloads when using microsegmentation.According to ANSSI recommendations and BNP-Paribas security rules, IPsec on AIX must...
almost 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

ACS and Phone Calls via Teams

The ability to call a stored phone number in a PF via MS Teams from a 5250 Screen with a mouse click. Like E-Mail Addresses or Webpages. Use Case: Many customers has tables in the DB PF with their customer address data, like name, street, town, E-...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

IBM Navigator for i - Increase maximum number of Custom Charts

Currently, the new IBM Navigator for i only allows:1. A maximum of 14 Custom Charts.. and ...2. A maximum of 14 systems or metrics within a single chart It would be very beneficial if this number could be increased greatly to allow for the monitor...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Not under consideration

Text highlighting in ACS 5250 Emulator

It would be great to have an option in ACS to highlight a specific string if it appears anywhere on the screen. Something like CTRL-F (find) feature in Chrome. Use Case: When scrolling through many screens of data in the ACS 5250 emulator and look...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

Faster option to change JDBC configuration

Possibility to switch from one JDBC configuration to another faster, without having to go through the current menus: more direct menus Use Case: To test the effects of different JDBC configurations on SQL queries
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

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