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IBM i

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    Enhance iNavigator to allow copy of user profile to other systems when it contains a group profile.

    We would like to use iNavigator to copy user profiles from one system to many. This currently does not work if the user profile contains a group profile - which nearly 100% of user profiles do. Reference TS017839310 We consulted our Navigator deve...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

    Add ability to provide additional HTTP status codes when processing a REST web service.

    Using REST in IWS, there is no ability to provide alternate return/result codes when processing a web service request. There are only 2 options, status codes 200 or 400. There is need to have user definable result codes to respond with alternate c...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

    vdisk_protection_enabled in IBM i PowerHA environments

    This is the corresponding RFE to RFE number 141546 but for IBM i side.Spectrum Virtualize (be it flashsystems or SVC) introduced feature to restrict LUNS from being unmapped or deleted from storage when there was I/O in last XX minutes.This featur...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 2 Future consideration

    Enhance Printer Output filter

    When looking for a joblog of a job within 5250 emulation the immediate reflex is to enter the command followed by the job name. If a list is displayed you might not pick the right job if you are not sure about the job number. The way it works now ...
    4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

    Dynamic Strings in RPG

    Have the ability to declare a character very similar to how we declare a string in Java without having to give it a length. Use Case: In Java to declare a string its just String mytext; In RPG I would like to declare a char as dcl-s myText char; M...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 12 Future consideration

    Add Case Conversion to RPG Subprocedure Parameters

    Add support to automatically convert Subprocedure Parameters to Upper or Lower case using OPTION(*UPPER) or OPTION(*LOWER) keywords on the parameter definition. Obviously, this would be for CHAR, VARCHAR parameters that are also CONST or VALUE. It...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Future consideration

    Exit point QIBM_QPWFS_FILE_SERV should include the Netserver file share name

    This exit point currently provides a lot of data about file server access, but this one key piece of information is missing (the share name). During security remediation, it would be invaluable to capture the name of the share that is being used, ...
    12 months ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Future consideration

    Navigator for i - IFS analysis tool like TreeSize

    I submitted this earlier (ID 133748) as a request for ACS, but it was declined and suggested that I resubmit it for Navigator for i. I can't seem to find a good and intuitive tool to get an overview of the IFS. It would be nice to able to look at ...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Future consideration

    Relax requirements for using Ds in I/O

    The general problem is about the compiler issuing a RNF7595 when I try to use the same Ds (or Likerec Ds) on diffent files sharing the same format and based on the same PF. This is an example: Dcl-f fileA01L keyed usage(*input); Dcl-f fileA02L key...
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Future consideration

    Default parameter values for parameters defined with *omit or *nopass

    Allow the definition of a default value for optional parameters so that rather than having to have to check %parms and use a second field as currently :- dcl-pi addItemToBasket; sku char(10); workQty int(10) options(*nopass)end-pi; dcl-s qty like(...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Future consideration

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