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IBM i

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Allow brms restore files without member

The operating system natively allows you to restore *FILE objects without members using the FILEMBR((*ALL *NONE)) parameter with the RSTOBJ command, which is very useful when, for example, you need to align test environments and are not interested...
3 months ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Future consideration

Add IncludeGroup for use RSEAPI

Recently, to use the RSE API, we have the options "adminUsers", "includeUsers", or "excludeUsers". When we want to add a new user, we need to modify the file located at /QIBM/UserData/OS/RSEAPI/rseapi.properties, and then restart the ADMIN5 server...
5 months ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted

Enhance Printer Output filter

When looking for a joblog of a job within 5250 emulation the immediate reflex is to enter the command followed by the job name. If a list is displayed you might not pick the right job if you are not sure about the job number. The way it works now ...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

provide QSYSINC RPG includes in full free format

Today, we have QSYSINC RPG includes members in fixed format. More and more applications are nowadays written using full free format. Even IBM has a strong focus on using this format. Therefore, it would be consistent to have QSYSINC RPG includes m...
5 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

IBM I DCM API should be created to Delete old or Expired Certificates from the DCM Certificate Store

When Managing Certificates on many IBM I systems, we need the capability to remove old and Expired Certificates from the DCM Certificate Store.Looking at the available APIs for DCM https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/digital-certificate-manager-apis...
19 days ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

netserver substitution variabiles in share declaration or exit program for dynamic mapping

In many system is possible and common to connect to a logical share that then get mapped do different physical directories according to substitution variable in the share declaration. for example accessing via SMB \\server\home maps to the connect...
19 days ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 0 Submitted

Enable options(*exact) for indicators.

I am the developer of RPGUNIT and recently I added procedure assertEqual() to it. This procedure handles all data types, because it uses the OVERLOAD keyword for delegating the call to the procedure that is in charge for the data type. dcl-pr asse...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

FETCH LAST n ROWS ONLY Support in SQL for IBM i

FETCH LAST n ROWS ONLY Support in SQL for IBM i Summary Currently, DB2 for i allows developers to fetch the first n rows of a result set using the FETCH FIRST n ROWS ONLY clause. However, there is no direct equivalent syntax to fetch the last n ro...
3 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

Add support for Java 21 to IBM i

Java 21 is needed so we can use new features also on IBM i. It will enable IBM i community to run applications that requires java 21. Java 21 (IBM Semeru) is already available for other platforms.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / JAVA 3 Submitted

Add Column of Configured Maximum number of jobs on Active Prestart Jobs

In the latest TRs, V7R4 TR11 in our case have been included some additional columns that also included the Peak in Use! It would be very usefull to also have an additional column with the configured Maximum number of jobs per PJ, so we could easil...
7 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Functionality already exists

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