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RSS - Reopen tabs automatically

With the new IBM i ACS 1.1.9.6 a possibility was introduced to open multiple tabs at once via projects however this was not the idea behind my previous idea https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-3540 I'm therefore so free to request...
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Allow PDI reporting to be scheduled.

Each month I need to present the same charts to several customers.It would be great if reporting could be scheduled for PDI so charts get created and sent by email.Thanks!!! Use Case: Performance and Capacity planning.
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 2 Future consideration

HMC mail sender

The function "Event Notification" allows you to let the HMC send out an email in the case of issues. The sender of this mails is derived from the name you have given the HMC. The syntax of the mail address:<Console name>@<Console name>...
about 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 6 Future consideration

RPG: Procedure in procedure

Procedure in procedure is more natural than having to call a subrutine. That's just the way it goes :o) Use Case: Make subrutines unnecessary. Almost!
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 8 Not under consideration

Change SBMJOB SCDTIME behavior

Please either change SBMJOB to go ahead and run a command if the SCDTIME is for an earlier time on the current date. Or else please provide a separate option to override that error and have it actually submit the job. Use Case: We have CLs that st...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Future consideration

Basic subfile/maintenance generator for a given table_schema, and table_name

We have UPDDTA to edit individual records of a file. We have RUNQRY for displaying all file records. It would save a lot of development time when we can have a default built-in subfile handler for any given table. => Shift F8, F9 to move subfil...
7 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 0 Submitted

Add IMPLICITLY HIDDEN to SQL VIEWs

The TABLE feature to implicitly hide certain columns/fields when "SELECT *" is used, is great. However ,we need that feature extended to SQL VIEWS. Use Case: If I create a VIEW that contains a subset of columns, including implicitly hidden columns...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

Allow interactive jobs to run threaded applications

Currently interactive jobs on the IBM i are not allowed to run multithreaded applications. Whilst there is a possible "workaround" to execute these in PASE / QSH; yet to be verified in our instance if this works or not, the ability to execute a na...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 3 Future consideration

Case sensitive RPG

Provide a control option to maken RPG case sensitive (procedure names, variables, …) so that enforcing programming standards becomes more easy. Use Case: I'm not requesting that variable "A" and "a" are two different variables , but rather that th...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Future consideration

INavigator Security Doesn't Work

iNavigator security not working.Restricted user still shows access to all of iNavigator options. Use Case: Have need to put monitors in iNavigator on web enabled TV in our office to display system performance monitors. Objective is to give user ON...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Is a defect