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IBM i

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    ACS File Transfer with No Line Ending Characters

    Please add an option in the advanced File Details under format options to exclude line endings from the file being downloaded. Use Case: There are files created by our core software system that we need to download as text files that already have t...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

    Add Desktop Directory setting for desktop copy/save functions with OneDrive desktop locations

    With OneDrive Desktop enabled, the default desktop is no longer 'C:\Users\userid\Desktop’ For example, the new desktop location is now “C:\Users\userid\OneDrive\Desktop\” Now the "Copy to Desktop" and 'Download to Desktop' options within iACS save...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

    ACS Should look for New Navigator on the correct HTTPS Port

    When a system is configured for TLS, ACS attempts to open (and validate) the Navigator for i connection using HTTPS, but it does so on port 2002. By default, the server listens for HTTPS connections on port 2003, not port 2002. This means that, un...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

    Password change using system groups

    A number of our customers have users that have different passwords based on the system(s) they use. This would allow the users to sync their passwords by the system purpose they use for the systems. Better security might possibly be obtained by re...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

    ACS - provide option when defining .hod to allow optional loading into common screen or its own detached group tabs

    For those of us who need to work with multiple systems/LPARs, starting 5250 sessions either loads into 1 screen or all are loaded into separate screens grouped by the system being logged in to? Use Case: I have defined multiple batch sessions. Eac...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

    Allow setup of SEP from Show View Menu in LPEX

    While in LPEX session if one presses Ctrl+F10 you see a menu that allows for setting break points and other features. It would be nice to have an option there to populate the SEP dialog box before setting the SEP. Use Case: When in an LPEX session...
    over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

    add ReadmeACSsp.txt to ACS update FTP site

    for IBM ACS, when the 5733XJ1 package is updated and the FTP site references the new version, please add the ReadmeACSsp.txt from the zip file's "documentation" directory. ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/as400/products/clientaccess/solutions/updates/ Use...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

    PowerHA Cluster Administrative Domain - CHGUSRAUD updates on Userprofile is not replicated to other Cluster node

    In case you do CHGUSRAUD on a user profile, which is a monitored resource in the Cluster administrative Domain, all changes done should be replicated to all IBMi Lpars within the cluster. Use Case: CHGUSRAUD USRPRF(USERID) AUDLVL(*CMD *NETSECURE *...
    about 5 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 6 Delivered

    Enable IBMI V7R2 EDGE server for Electronic service Agent

    We are required to setup IBM ESA successful for V7R3 and DS8886/Power E880 HMC, but can't setup successful in V7R2. Use Case: for customer at banking environment , we can't open too many IP & port for ESA. We are able to open firewall for esup...
    almost 7 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 3 Delivered

    Add date to file name on download from HTML page

    The option to add the date to the end of a file name at on demand download. Use Case: User views a file on an HTML page. Chooses Output to Excel 2007. File downloads with name: filename_20170609.xlsx
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 5 Delivered

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