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CMC EP2.0 theme

CMC runs one theme/colors in all menus/areas except for EP2.0. The colors in EP2.0 does not provide a good contrast and therefor a bad experience.
about 3 years ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Future consideration

Requesting AUDIT_JOURNAL_SF table function

I have hundreds of printer devices and output queue entries. Many are obsolete. I would like to query the audit journal for SF entries for the latest entry involving any device and/or output queue. Something like select printer, max(entry_timestam...
11 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

ACS - Provide for parameter definition to be user definable in Generate SQL --> DDL.

I use the schema definitions on a daily basis. As part of modernization of the native database definitions to SQL, I need to retrieve the DDL code from existing objects such as physical files, Logical files, tables, views etc. The process in ACS r...
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Future consideration

ACS - add LOCATE function to scan existing *.SQL files for text entry

Within ACS, you have Content Assist and Examples. Please consider adding a way to search your folder(s) of saved *.SQL files for a specific text value, such as MERGE, LIBRARYNAME, or FILENAME. This would enable developers to quickly open a saved s...
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

add support for encrytping passwords in /opt/ibm/powervc/powervcrc file

IBM PowerVC uses a script file to set a number of parameters, including password via the file opt/ibm/powervcrc the file is clear text, encrypting the password via an AES string would ensure protection of a password is stashed in this file
about 1 year ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

BRMS Recovery

If backup policy is based on Full (i.e. Sunday) and Incrementals during the week, when restore happens, all files, members and IFS objects that have been deleted during the week will be also restored. BRMS should keep track of the objects in place...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Not under consideration

Replace native trigger while active

When there's a need to replace a high level language trigger, an exclusive lock is required to the program object. In a 24/7 system this is almost impossible what makes the use of triggers a no-go. Programs in use (apart from triggers) can be repl...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

IWS support for elements with attributes

Have IWS support WDSL where elements have attribute definitions like in the following example
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

set owner of files created in ifs to group profile (IFS security)

(i know this is old and might interfere with POSIX APis but it still is important) when a user profile has grpprf(someprf) owner(*grpprf) and creates an object in IFS (e.g. with CPYTOIMPF), the IFS file has owner (theprofile) and primary group (th...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Not under consideration

In BRMS, need functionality to display the library name or a name to show the contents of the SAVF created by BRMS.

I use BRMS to backup key libraries, SAVSECDTA, SAVCFG and some IFS folders. The backups are saved to SAVF's partly because this is much faster than going to tape directly and we are a 7 x 24 operation. Example, saving to SAVF takes approximately 1...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Not under consideration

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