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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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IBM i

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ACS Java Process Kill Daemon on Citrix Servers

Hello everybody I would like to mention a problem I am facing and discover right now , in the middle of a migration project , here in Piraeus Bank Greece. We have a variety of Power i Host Systems such as E880 P8 V7R3 – S824 etc. We are using ACS ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

64-bit LDAP services for DTAMDL(*LLP64) STGMDL(*TERASPACE)

Our company is a software vendor. We have started a project to convert our product (written in C++) to 64-bit pointers. We compile and link our C++ programs using DTAMDL(*LLP64) STGMDL(*TERASPACE). Our product uses LDAP services extensively. LDAP ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Delivered

Command line tools for code coverage

RDi now has tools for producing code coverage reports. We would like to see command line tools for generating these reports, so that we may run them alongside our automated unit and system tests. Use Case: Allow for code coverage reports to be pro...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

WebQuery - InfoAssist dialog in new tab v. new page

Currently when starting the InfoAssist+ editor a new web page opens to the max size of the primary monitor.I'd like it to have an IA option to allow a new tab instead Use Case: Minor annoyance. I have to go back to the primary monitor, size the ne...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 1 Delivered

Change default source extension to RPGLE

When you review the code coverage source the member opens up using this name patter "member.membertype.rpg". By using the RPG extension you force the user into the LPEX edit profile for RPG III syntax styling. Use Case: Just cover an SQLRPGLE prog...
almost 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Delivered

Issuing installing IBM i 7.3 Option 1 during upgrade.

My company CM First performs upgrades for customers of their IBM i OS. In reference to the PMR above we ran into an install failure of product 5770SS1 Option 1. The failure was due to a user profile storage limit when replacing the system catalog ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

Global Snippets

Provide ability to have a Snippet Category containing common code all Developers can access. Instead of having to Export one set of Snippets, and have others Import those, having the ability to have one or more Categories of Snippets come from a l...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

iAccess Client Solutions Default Macro Location

When saving recorded macros or running previously recorded macros, have the option to change the default from Current Session to Personal Library ( C:\Users\<username>\IBM\ClientSolutions\config_directory\IBM\iAccessClient\Emulator\ ). Use C...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

IPx commands in LPEX

IPx commands in LPEX to display source prompter with the right line type, like in SEU (IPH, IPF, IPC, IPCX...) Use Case: Usefull when creating new source members
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

Search/Replace (Ctrl+F) Enhancement

Highlighting a section of code and then hitting Ctrl+F would cause the highlighted text to be placed into the Find text box as a new search. Use Case: Ctrl-F causes Find/Replace to be displayed, but with the previous search in the Find text box. T...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered