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IBM i

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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
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

Allow IFS directory and content *IGNORE in QAUDJRN

When QAUDLVL is set to *CREATE *DELETE the IFS can generate millions of entries which are for temp objects created in directories (ZendServer issue). The problem is there is no way to turn off the capture of the Create and delete only to set the a...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 2 Not under consideration

Allow for a user specific version of AcsConfig.properties in the users home directory

Allow for a user specific version of AcsConfig.properties in the users home directory that will be considered before the versions in the iacs directory and the jar file. This will allow users to have their own properties that will not be overwritt...
7 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

ILE RPG New Procedure Wizard Preferences

New procedure wizard creates creates its declarations in all upper case. It would be nice if the ILE RPG preferences page had an option to control the case to be used in the same way that Control Blocks do. Use Case: Currently the wizard creates t...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Last use date of folder in System Log

In Content Manager OnDemand for i:A new System Log message that indicates which Folder was used to submit a query, the metadata / indexes searched for, and maybe the total combined time (CPU seconds & wall-clock seconds) to complete the query ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

Gracefully Shutdown of Prestarted Jobs

When there is Program monitored error within an prestarted Job we Need a way to end the Job gracefully. Therefore we want to be able to send a Program defined Response while inhibiting other requests from entering the prestarted Job.Which means th...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 3 Future consideration

AJS - immediately transfer calendar changes to job planning entries

Licence Program 5770-JS1:If a calendar (run, holiday and fiscal) is changed, the properties of the affected jobs should be automatically and immediately adjusted accordingly. Use Case: Several jobs are controlled via the calendar RUN and the holid...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

Offer nginx stream modules

nginx is currently available through the IBM yum repository. The project has modules to facilitate TCP streaming; however, these are not built by default. Could we please find a way to provide these additional modules for customers that may requir...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 4 Planned for future release

Allow conversion parameters for ACS "Printer Output" -> "Use PDF format if available"

In Japanese environment (primary language 2962), checking "Use PDF format if available" in "Printer Output" generates garbage.By specifying appropriate parameters for conversion by TS1, it is possible to generate readable PDF.For example, OVRPRTF ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Future consideration

ACS - a security breach -- no way to log off requiring new credentials to be entered

One of my colleagues recently discovered a security breach i ACS. He was giving a user support in ACS and was the first to log on. The setting regarding passwords in ACS was "use shared credentials" ( roughly translated from our native language )....
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

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