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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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Enhance C++ for i so that exporting Class definitions from a *SRVPGM doesn't require EXPORT(*ALL)

When attempting to use a user-written C++ Class that was previously defined in a *SRVPGM, the entire class object (mangled names an all) must be exported from the module that contains it using EXPORT(*ALL) due to the nature of the generated C++ na...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 1 Not under consideration

common commands for HMC

I understand the HMC platform being an appliance, but, sometimes we want to process the results of the output from the HMC on the HMC rather than outside for performance reasons. We would like to have some of the more common commands available , l...
about 5 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration

Avoid partition failure when not enough memory is available in machine pool and adding volumes through virtual FC adapters

The PMR describes an IBM i microcode failure (it hangs and forcing an IPL is the unique way to restore) when both conditions apply to a logical partition:1-adding a lot of external storages volumes through virtual fibre channel adapters2-not enoug...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Storage 2 Not under consideration

Provide public API in JTOpen to clear a user's "Message Waiting" status

In 5250, there is a concept of a “message light/waiting” that is on/off to show whether a user has received a new message when the *NOTIFY message option is set on their user profile. If the user is logged in to a 5250 session, and they get a new ...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Not under consideration

ACS - hotspot function and 3D-buttons

We are using the hotspot function on every ACS client.We also use the function "show as 3D-buttons". Currently you can only activate the 3D-buttons for every function you selected (PFnn, FPnn, Fnn, nn), but we would like to have the choice which f...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Access Client Solutions - Log on using Windows userId and password

In Client Access we had the possibility to tell it that it should use Windows userId and passwordto log on the as/400. This is not possible in Access Client Solutions (ACS). The first time you start ACS you are prompted for both userId and passwor...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

IBM i PTF notification

Customer raise an concern on IBMi PTF notification: 1) Customer has set up notifications in Fix Central.2) Customer review IBM recommend PTFs regularly: http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=nas8N1021480 However, customer noticed some of t...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 3 Not under consideration

CP Audit journal enhancement request

I have a directive to be notified when someone changes a user profile and:- Adds *ALLOBJ authority- Adds *SECADM authority- Changes password from *NONE- Changes 'limited capability' from *YESTo do this I am using the following:https://www.ibm.com/...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Not under consideration

Local Internet Address Selection on EE SNA/IP APPC Controller Options

on CRTCTLAPPC or CHGCTLAPPC, Link type*HPRIP; have need to be able to specify parameter LCLINTNETA in a more dynamic/transparent method. Large Environments with hundreds of LPARs; dozens of controllers and multiple IP addresses on each system; are...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Not under consideration

Make IBM Data Studio work Better with SQL Source in IBM i Source Files

IBM Data Studio does not play smoothly with SQL source that lives on IBM i in source files/members. We 18 developers would like this tool to work better with source that lives in source files on the IBM i. We use this tool for IBM i but our workfl...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration