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EIM Windows domain source mapping from CRTUSRPRF

On CRTUSRPRF we have the parameter EIMASSOC. This lets us create an EIM identifier and add the current system as a TARGET. Every new user that is created need to also have the windows domain as a SOURCE in order for single signon to work. This mea...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

New RPG figurative constant *CLEAR.

The new figurative constant *CLEAR assumes his value by the field type. For example, with a character field the value is *BLANK, with a numeric field the value is *ZERO, with an indicator the value is *OFF and so on. In other words, *CLEAR has the...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Not under consideration

provide V7.3 PTF for new OBJC(object connect) over tcpip

new PTF released to allow SAVRST OBJC (object connect) over tcp/ip connectionfor V7.4 (SI73828 add native TCP support to ObjectConnect) Use Case: SNA is runset <sic> and need to be able to provide the save funcallity over a TCP/IP network.
about 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Not under consideration

more then 16 group profiles

Actually, you can link a userprofile to 16 groupprofiles. For RCAC performance, we need to link a userprofile to more then 16 groupprofiles. Use Case: this is solely for performance resons when using RCAC! then we can use the IBM standard RCAC fun...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

API call rate limiting

Having a call rate limiting in the Integrated Web Services for i would allow better control on the consumption of the APIs Use Case: offering a rate of calls per min or second would increase security and better control
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

ACTIVE_JOB_INFO: Add how long job has been at DSPW

Not ready to leap into QINACTITV. Would rather analyze ACTIVE_JOB_INFO first. Trying to see how long a job has been in DSPW status. Use Case: High Availability: Lock on spool files conflicting with replication software.Security: Are they leaving t...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Not under consideration

Enhance remote journaling service with restart option

The remote journaling service has no option on the STRTCPSVR or ENDTCPSVR command. This is also not an option in the new navigator to stop/start/restart the remote journaling service. In addition to no stop/start/restart options. When changing the...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

Command to validate indexes

I am filing this RFE in response to the listed PMR at the advice of the IBM staff working on that issue.We recently had a case where a specific record in a table somehow did not update all related indexes using the updated field as a key. This lef...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Not under consideration

Create shortcut for eval(h) so user doesn't need to type in eval(h)

When performing calculations where we want to round-up, instead of typing Result = (Factor1 - Factor2) * Factor3; we need to type eval(h) Result = (Factor1 - Factor2) * Factor3; It would be nice if that could be simplified to Result(h) = (Factor1 ...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Not under consideration

Add does-not-contain option in SQL Plan Cache Statements

Access Client Solutions SQL Performance Center has a button "Show Statements..." that displays a "SQL Plan Cache Statements" window. You have a variety of filters, including "Statements that contain the following text". I think it would be incredi...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

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