IBM Power Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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IBM i

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    ACS Automatic Copy function should not require the trim rectangle to remain

    In ACS 1.1.9.3, turning on "Automatic Copy" from the Edit --> Preferences --> Edit --> Cut/Copy tab also forces "Trim Rectangle remains after edit function" in the Trim tab to be turned on. I submitted a support case and I was told this i...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

    ACS Data Transfer; DOS Random

    When using IBM i Access Client Solutions data transfer need file type or translation for DOS Random. Use Case: ACH origination, wire transfers, and other data transfers.
    over 9 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

    qsys2.parse_statement function should return referential constraint information on create table statements

    qsys2.parse_statement function should return referential constraint information on create table statements. Table name would probably be sufficient, but some might like column names also. There are many different ways to specify a foreign key cons...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

    Db2 Web Query enhancement - document how to use repository image URL in a report column

    Web Query reports could be enhanced by including an image, within a row of data. The WQ portal currently includes the ability to upload images into the repository, but it is unclear HOW to reference the image Path or URL on a report column. Please...
    about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 1 Delivered

    Navigator for i

    Navigator for i OS400 operating system application release 7.3 shows relevant information that an attacker could take advantage of.work under the PMR 47794,000,661 Use Case: Attached print screen where relevant messages are evident.
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Delivered

    Regular expression scan and replace

    Please add 'replace' to the regular expression search. In particular, the ability to use back references to capturing groups is very much desired. Use Case: I had an SQL script that was several hundred lines long which I wanted to put into a CL pr...
    almost 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

    Prevent unknown RPGLE language features from breaking validation/outline view

    Working for a financial company, users are extremely limited in their ability to download and install updated versions of developer tools. It can be years between updates to Rational Developer, as getting a new version requires a lengthy verificat...
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Delivered

    Support Flashcopy for PowerVS

    Please add the capability to do flashcopy operations for iASPs to enable off-line backups for PowerVS with Geo-mirror.
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / PowerHA 2 Delivered

    Configure IBM i to return public IP on passive mode request

    In passive mode request the IBM i is responding with an IP address on the system. We would like passive mode request to be configurable. For example, we would like to insert the network public address in IBM i passive mode responses. Use Case: We ...
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Networking 5 Delivered

    ACS - IFS upload option to specify Unicode (UTF8)

    I noticed when using ACS Integrated File System, text files always get uploaded with CCSID 437, even when Unicode BOM is present. it would be useful if the file was created with 1208 in the IFS, either by automatically or selecting the CCSID.
    over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

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