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    Make joblog displayed in RSS Messages window LIFO instead of FIFO or even better make it optional

    With the introduction of IBM Services more and more system administration tasks are moving to SQL scripting. In those SQL scripts CL commands are used using the syntax "CL:". Also the scalar function QSYS2.QCMDEXC is used. When running commands in...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

    Support the new BOOLEAN SQL data type in ACS Data Transfer (Upload to IBM i)

    Currently, data transfer (upload) fails if any field in the table is of type BOOLEAN.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

    enhance QSYS2.MANAGE_AUDIT_JOURNAL_DATA_MART

    add filter to the QSYS2.MANAGE_AUDIT_JOURNAL_DATA_MART. would like to be able to filter what records are added to the data_mart for instance in AF entries, filter on object, library or usrprfsimilar for ZC/ZR entries
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

    ACS Integrated File System-Double click on file

    ACS Integrated File System does not allow you to double-click on a file and open it. RDi supports this, and so do the file manage apps included in PC operating systems. When you double-click on a file, it show perform the same functionality as cho...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

    Include an "assigned" flag to DCM API to indicate if cert is assigned to an DCM application or not

    There is an API that already exists that allows certificates stored in a DCM store be read and would include expiry date, which is useful. I am not sure what the API is called, but I know that TAATOOL provides a command (CVTCERT) that uses the IBM...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 6 Delivered

    API or DB2 SQL Service to return the OVRDBF information for a JOB

    It would be nice to have either a DB2 SQL Service or API that would return the information from DSPOVR. Currently the only way I know to do this at least for the current job is to do a DSPOVR *PRINT or DSPJOB *PRINT and read through the spool file...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Delivered

    SQL Scalar function to check access to an IFS file or folder

    IFS_ACCESS - SQL Scalar function to check access to an IFS file or folder It returns: 0=If the file or folder Exists and you have access -1=No access or file does not exists use case: -- returns 0 for the home folder - it exists values IFS_ACCESS ...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

    Named parameters for SQL insert statement.

    Db2 for i has in few occasions been a forerunner for features of SQL. So perhaps this idea could also be one of these features. We have used named parameters for UDTF and stored procedures for quite some time. SELECT * FROM TABLE (QSYS2.IFS_OBJECT...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

    Provide a view to list all files/objects which have authority collection turned on (i.e. AUTCOLVAL(*OBJINF))

    Due to the nature of authority collection, it's common to leave it turned on for days/weeks. It's easy to lose track of what objects are being collected. Checking across the entire LPAR is generally not feasible (including the IFS). One roundabout...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 3 Delivered

    Extending more IBM i Alerts for OS system limits

    I am proposing an enhancement to our current IBM i alert system to improve our system monitoring capabilities and enable proactive management of potential issues. Current IBM i alerts are limited to monitoring only 8 predefined events. https://www...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

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