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IBM i

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Add APAR id to Object_Statistics

When performing an upgrade one may want to find all commands which have had their defaults changed via CHGCMDDFT.If you do the DSPOBJD with *SERVICE details you can look at the APAR ID (ODAPAR). It get CHGDFT for any commands that have had CHGCMDD...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

RPG Docs (like Java Docs) in Content Assist

Java docs is incredible useful when writing java code in eclipse, specially when the associated documentation for a method is retrieved with the content assist pop up. There's no official documentation for rpg, but projects like ILE DOCS are very ...
over 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 14 Delivered

ACS 5250 Screen History Archive enhancement: include /PLUGIN to convert images to folder

Screenshots are an important part of audit evidence and defense for internal and compliance audits, as well as step by step procedural trainingThe ability to export images from screen history archive is already a very useful tool for supporting th...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

TCPIP server config in NEW Navigator

Please add the Ability to configure TCPIP server in the new Navigator. Use Case: Need a was to update TCPIP server attribute that can not be updated on the 5250 screen such as SMTP relay lists.
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

Create an IBM i Service for command DSPSAVF

Create a new IBM i Service to make it possible to get information of the content in a Save File. Use Case: Save Files are great to use when delivering objects from on server to another. To be able automate a deployment process we need to know what...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 8 Delivered

Enhance SSO for Navigator for i to allow for redundant LDAP servers

In traditional EIM/SSO for 5250, it is possible to configure multiple KDCs for redundancy in the krb5.conf. However, when configuring SPNEGO for Navigator for i there is only one KDC able to be added to the configuration using the configure.sh scr...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

Overlay exported procedures with a little icon to distinguish them from internal procedures

Please add an overlay to exported procedures in the "Outline" view. Distinguishing between exported from imported procedures would be much easier, if there were different icons for both types. Maybe you could also add an overlay to the local proce...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

Add special value to RUNSQLSTM MARGINS keyword so command will detect width of source record and set margin to that width

Many of our SQL scripts are "vertically" long (number of lines) due to the rigid constraint of column 80 for MARGIN. Although RUNSQLSTM MARGIN(constant-value) can be used, the requirement of the value being a constant makes transitioning to wider ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Delivered

IBM i ACS - IFS unzip function

In IBM i ACS the Integrated File System is missing the option to zip/unzip. Use Case: When upgrading iso images are in the zip format. With ACS and the IFS functionality we can upload them but we either have to unzip them beforehand or do it from ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

A way to configure and use IDS (Intrusion Detection System) without Heritage Navigator

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/6539162 had us disable IBM Navigator for i - heritage version and start using the new IBM i Navigator ( http://hostname:2002/Navigator ) (which we did (we also applied PTF 5770SS1 SI77928)). The problem we ar...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 6 Delivered