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System tables to use date / time fields instead of character fields in job format

Current IBM supplied output files, such as QADSPOBJ, that are use as templates for associated system commands store dates in 2 character fields and times in single character fields. Given the power of Db2 for i and the availability of date / time ...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Provide code completion on ExtName DS

Code completion works fine in RDI for regular datastructures, however it doesn't work for datastructure define externally, for example; Dcl-DS MYFILE ExtName('MYFILE') Qualified Alias;End-Ds; Typing MYFILE. followed by Ctrl-Space doesn't give me t...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Is a defect

Modify OpenAPI generation options from IWS

Currently when you deploy an API to IWS it generates a "swagger" document. This document conforms to the JSON based version 2.0 of the OpenAPI spec. Would it be possible to allow selection of the format / version to have this generated as? The res...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 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

Update ACS .NET (IBM.DATA.DB2.iSeries) driver to support .NET Core

It IBM.Data.DB2.iSeries (when is the last time IBM called it the "iSeries") driver hasn't been updated since 7. 1. It still only supports .NET 2.0 which was released in 2005 and support ended in 2011. IBM charges big bucks for software maintenance...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Not under consideration

Make XML Toolkit (5733XT2) OpenSource

As IBM plans to end support for 57533XT2, please consider making the source code for it open for everyone. This could lead to the community to create and further develop the product. As the product is heavily based on the existing opensource proje...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Not under consideration

Suppressing Hardware Problem messages

We normally get the messages related to any hardware problem on the IBM i O.S which is good if it is on-prem server. But considering a user who has cloud based subscription for an LPAR in the IBM Cloud then these kind of messages doesn't makes any...
4 months ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 2 Not under consideration

Allow conditional service break point in iASP environment

Conditional service breakpoints do not work in an iASP environment. The 'WHEN' clause on a service breakpoint does not work in an iASP envrionment. We have thousands of jobs and threads servicing tens of thousands of customer connections to our sy...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Application Development 4 Submitted

Auto restart Cloud Connector after failure

We have noticed several HMC's will show the Cloud Connector status is disconnected without reason. Upon issuing the command to restart the cloud connector, it succeeds and stays connected for some time. We would like the option to have the cloud c...
over 1 year ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Future consideration

Bind FTP server to only one IP address instead of all available addresses

Bind FTP server to only one IP address instead of all available addresses. With this feature, FTP usage could be restricted to dedicated network.
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Networking 5 Not under consideration

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