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F15 to search backwards, vs. F16 to search forwards

I can search/find forward in a spool file, for example, but it would be nice to be able to search/find backward as well. I see F14=Find options, F16=Find; looks like F15=Find prev would fit nicely on spool files and physical file searches Use Case...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Print 7 Future consideration

Status of AC power

Ability to determine remotely that AC power is PRESENT on the power supplies. Possible a command to display power supply status or indicators on the Virtual Control Panel from ACS. Use Case: We have approx. 30 power servers in remote locations. Wh...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 9 Future consideration

Train a ChatGPT style AI on IBM i documentation and other public sources

The training should include specific documented knowledge including such sites as MidrangeL, StackOverflow, and IBM Tech Support knowledge base. IBM i is a very large product with manuals numbering in the hundreds, and many manuals follow a specif...
3 months ago in IBM i / Documentation 1 Submitted

Support folders in iACS session manager

Provide the ability to create folders & sub-folders in the iACS session manager to allow better organization of display & printer sessions. Use Case: In situation where there are large number of display & printer sessions, it would be ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Future consideration

Auditing who created a share

Modify the Add File Server Share (QZLSADFS) API to also record CREATE_TIMESTAMP and CREATE_USER.Make CREATE_TIMESTAMP and CREATE_USER available to the SERVER_SHARE_INFO view at: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.4?topic=services-server-share-info-vi...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Future consideration

New IBM i SQL Service to Retrieve Certificate Usage Information

Need a DB2 SQL Service equivalent to API : Retrieve Certificate Usage Information (QYCDRCUI, QycdRetrieveCertUsageInfo) Use Case: We already have the CERTIFICATE_INFO table function, this would allow to know the certificates used (by DCM applicati...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Future consideration

In SQL JSON_TABLE, add an option on timestamp columns to take into account or not the timezone offset

In the SQL function JSON_TABLE, when a timestamp value indicated with a time zone offset (e.g.: "yyyy-mm-ddThh:mm:ss.nnnnnn<+/-Offset>") is retrieved to produce a timestamp column, the resulting value is always an UTC value (by adding or sub...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

IBM i SSO authentication against Azure Global AD

Actually, a valid Network Authentication service and EIM configuration permits to use SSO on IBM i through different Windows AD realms for the users to authenticate to the IBM i using their windows usernames. New times requires new technologies fo...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

New Navigator for i - PDI customized chart

In Heritage Navigator for i - PDI tool, I created customized PDI charts for my use many times. I cannot find this feature in the New Navigator for i. Can you deliver it in the future?
2 months ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Not under consideration

provide readable format when consuming .xlsx using qsys2.ifs_read

Functionality will eliminate having to save xlsx as a csv prior to consuming with qsys2.ifs_read
6 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

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