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IBM i

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    Add commands that can be used to automate managing PDF MAP Entries. ADDPDFMAPE, CHGPDFMAPE, DLTPDFMAPE.

    Currently to manage PDF MAP Entries the WRKPDFMAPE command must be used interactively which makes automating this process using CL commands not possible. The QPQAPME API could be used but there is significant work in developing this process, the u...
    10 months ago in IBM i / Print 1 Submitted

    Detailed documentation of the database tasks ACS

    Detailed documentation of the database tasks implemented in ACS would be necessary to improve their use and understanding. Unfortunately, there is no documentation in the knowledge centre or in the manuals that corresponds to the power of the data...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Documentation 1 Submitted

    Do not HOLD job schedule entries with CFGSTRPRSC on Source lpar

    Since version 5.2 of the FSFC toolkit, the startup program is not replaced anymore with STRFSFLASH. Instead, command CFGSTRPRSC must be placed in the system's startup program. With this command. the job schedule entries are put on HOLD and afterwa...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

    SSL/TLS Enable IBM Fix Central Java (JNLP File) PTF Downloads

    IBM Fix Central's Java (JNLP) Downloads currently use Non-secure TCP Ports 8470 thru 8476 on the Target AS400/iSeries. We're in the process of locking down Non-secure TCP Ports in favor of their corresponding SSL/TLS Ports 9470 thru 9476. We canno...
    8 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

    Performance Cycling at 12:00 AM on multiple Lpars cause CMC Enterprise core usage to peak lasting 800 microseconds giving very high average core usage

    Let.s say you have purchased IBM CMC Enterprise Pools2.0 concept, and you have license for 10 core and 1 core credit. Your average per minute usage is between 6-7 core all day. But a 12:00 AM when performance collection is cycled on all your ibm i...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 1 Submitted

    Make pytorch available for install from ACS/Open Source Package Managment.

    It would be much more practical, and much easier to install pytorch/ppc64 from a well known place. As for now, it's really hard to find instructions of where and how to install a version of pytorch, built for the Power PC architecture.
    about 1 year ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 2 Submitted

    Add a preserve/overlay operation extender to the EVAL opcode.

    When migrating the MOVE and MOVEL opcodes to free format, simple assignments are often the right choice. But in some cases, the MOVEL operation is effectively an integrated/implied substring operation. MOVEL 'ABC' CHAR20 Only replaces the first 3 ...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Submitted

    COBOL SQL Precompiler able to use Host Variables using LIKE and SQL commands allowed in Copybooks

    Hi Jeff, Development reviewed the information you sent in and provided the following feedback: Thanks for providing examples to illustrate your questions. Unfortunately, both of the examples provided are not supported by the SQL COBOL precompiler....
    6 months ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 0 Submitted

    Add ability to change font/size in IBM i Access product

    Some of us do are not so young anymore, and do not have the eyesight required to deal with tiny fonts. On the IBM i Access Client Solutions panel, the menu options (File, Edit, View, Actions, etc.) and their drop-down items are in a nicely sized f...
    almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Submitted

    Expanding SQL to view certificates assigned to IBM i applications

    In a previous release, IBM i SQL enhancements made it possible to view certificate info from the qsys2.certificate_info table using an SQL statement. The enhancement I am suggesting would take the next step and make it possible to view which certi...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 1 Submitted

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