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Restore integrated execution of sql

with 9.8, you have to open your code separately in iACS RSS rather than just <F5> to execute the sql with RDi RSE
7 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

Remember the last pad the user was on when the popup keypad was last closed

I categorize my macros on the popup keypad by pad. It would be handy to be able to set an option to retain the last used pad. So, the next time I open the popup keypad and the previous time I had it open I ran a macro on pad 2 for instance, it wou...
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Functionality already exists

Improve diagnostics when routing work by user profile with allow_rollover set to NO and the subsystem is not active

When routing work by user profile with QSYS2.SET_SERVER_SBS_ROUTING, the allow_rollover parameter dictates the behavior if the target subsystem is not active. I always recommend allow_rollover to be NO in a production environment as that allows en...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 2 Future consideration

Be able to tell which host is IBM ACS 5250 is running on

The STRPCCMD allows commands to be run on the underlying OS (Windows or Linux) from a 5250 session. As Linux is now supported by ACS it has become important to know which OS the user is using, especially in a mixed environment. It would be good to...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Not under consideration

modify secldapclntd to integrate better with Windows AD

This would benefit anyone who is using Windows AD as an LDAP server in their environment. Currently, when using Windows AD as an LDAP server, it is required that users will need to have UNIX attributes set to define their uid number, primary group...
almost 2 years ago in AIX 0 Planned for future release

Supporting out-of-band storage operations

PowerVC is not able to recognize out-of-band storage operations. For example: If a storage pool was moved, renamed or vdisks where migrated into a storage pool doing for administrative purpose PowerVC will create errors.The only way to fix these e...
over 4 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

job scheduler auditing

Changes to the job scheduler can not be traced. We need some kind of journaling to be able to see what changed, by whom and when. Use Case: Internal audit want to know why job schedule entries have been setup and/or removed/changed.
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 7 Future 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...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Allow user interface to turn off server authentication in 5250 console HOD sessions

When configuring a 5250 session in ACS, you can toggle on and off SSL Server Authentication in a regular session, but if you create a 5250 console session you must find and manually edit the SSLServerAuthentication and PoxySSLServerAuthentication ...
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Future consideration

Allow group profile password *NONE = *YES for IWS

Allow group profile to have no password in order for the business to use group profiles to deploy IWS installs. Currently fails and have to use their own user profile. This is not allowed and must use a group profile. Group profiles do not have pa...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 4 Not under consideration

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