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    Allow "5-Work with" on duplicate entries in WRKJOB

    Currently, WRKJOB QZDASOINIT, for example, returns a list of duplicate jobs. If you select one, you need to re-execute the WRKJOB to get the list of duplicate jobs back before selecting another one. Can the list of duplicate jobs be in the format ...
    over 8 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 4 Not under consideration

    Hitting a limitation and if any applications area accessing /dev/kmem during an LKU, it will cause it to fail.

    Please find the below investigation & work around report for live update, and let me know if any concerns, thanks.. @Two type of issues stopping our Live update project:- 1- The following process stopping ( /dev/kem Java & machine.jar (App...
    about 6 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

    Support JSONPARSE without "root" object

    Allow the IBM supplied JSONPARSE parser to parse a JSON object without a name. Use Case: Example, JSONString containing; { "name": "this is my name", "age": "50"} … fails with RNX0356, reason code 1 when using the code; Dcl-DS myDS Qualified; name...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

    iACS: List file shares

    Provide a way to list existing file shares such as the list provided by (method 1: IBM Navigator for i (aka http://youribmi:2001)File systems / File Shares (method 2: 5250)ADDLIBLE NETSRVCMDGO NETS11. Work with Shares Use Case: Listing existing sh...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

    IBM i Server exit points

    I use the IBM Server exit points to allow/deny and secure functions and access to my Power i LPARs. Use Case: It would be great the be able to get the IP address of the requester passed along in all of the exits. It is available in some of them li...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Security 7 Not under consideration

    Concurrent replacement for the FSP

    The FSP (Flexible Service Processor) cannot be changed in Concurrent mode. The E870C and E880C Systems have a dual FSP configuration, the failover of a FSP System does not create an outage.But the replacement of the failed FSP must be done after o...
    over 7 years ago in Power Systems Design 3 Not under consideration

    Allow use of RPG procedures in embedded SQL as host "variable"

    When writing embedded SQL, host variables should be real variables instead of expressions which requires additional step to define extra work variables and assign the expression in advance to the work variable. Use Case: An example might be as fol...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Not under consideration

    Rdi Debug of RPG Step Over enhancements - EXSR and Exec SQL

    Currently when debugging RPG code with RDi, Step Over will step over procedure/function calls but will step into EXSR subroutine calls. It should also step over EXSR subroutine calls. Subroutines have similar use cases to subprocedures (and some s...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

    The limit of 9999 records in a subfile is more than 30 years old. Time to increase

    There is some justifcation about the limit of 9999 for a subfile. It is more than 500 pages. To roll so many pages does not make sense. But many have desinged programs that search subfiles, sort the subfile, print the subfile, see also request htt...
    almost 9 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 6 Not under consideration

    Visual explain as a SQL - IBM i service

    Visual explain is a vital tool to get the information about how a SQL statement is processed and to understand the nature of SQL queries. However, it can be quite complicated to oververview complicated queries and the graph can be quite chaotic. M...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

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