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Enhance Remote Reconciler so that multiple source members can be pulled at once

Today the Remote Reconciler does not allow selecting multiple source members for being pulled to the PC. Option "Pull from" is greyed out if multiple members are selected. In case there are several new source members on the host, the members can o...
5 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

I want to submit an idea for an AI supported Browser, but with a difference

Chose this product but will need multiple IBM AI PRODUCTS,Please go through the Description Hello,I want to submit an idea for an AI supported Browser, but with a difference, here's how it will be, Today Search Engines cannot find a particular Ind...
5 months ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 0 Submitted

Job Monitors

Request to have JOB monitors added into monitoring using access client solutions navigator for i Use Case: job monitors work better to monitor the specific jobs that are running instead of message monitors
over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Future consideration

Infoprint Server: Native CL commands for adding, changing or deleting PDF Map Entries

Currently, the only way to add, change or deleting entries in a PDF Map is to use the command WRKPDFMAPE and use the 5250 program/menu. Use Case: A native CL command would make it possible to use a CL program, script or anisble to setup a new syst...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Print 1 Not under consideration

Disabled/Remove social media features on HMC splash page

On the HMC web splash/login page there is a sidebar on the left which links to IBM Social Media sites. Per the support ticket I opened, it is currently not possible to disable or change these social links.
almost 6 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Future consideration

MCH3402 - restore should move programs in use to QRPLOBJ or RPG should resolve to the program again

If you compile a program where someone is in the application then the older version is put in QRPLOBJ. This doesn't happen if you restore the program causing the program referring to it to terminate with MCH3402 (Tried to refer to all or part of a...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 6 Future consideration

Navigator for i - extend number op qsysopr message in one tab - now limited to 100 - also make refresh much faster

We use qsysopr message extensively - currently there are 100,000 messages in the message queue. To consult the recent messages it would be nice to be able to see more than the current 100 messages. now we have to use the tab sheets to look at the ...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

Disallow ENDJRNPF by work with system security

add option to Work with System Security to disallow ENDJRNPF for files in User libraries. If set to NO, users with appropriate security settings may ENDJRNPF. If set to YES, no user (even *SECADM) may ENDJRNPF.(maybe not applicable on *IBM librari...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Not under consideration

Backport DCM API's to V7R3

Please backport the DCM API's back to V7R3. Use Case: Automation of certificates in V7R3 is now impossible while the release will exist for quite some time.
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Security 6 Not under consideration

command redirection for HMC rsh-shell

classical command redirection not available in HMC rsh-shell. ping 192.168.1.10 > ping_test.txtbash : ping_test.txt: restricted : cannot redirect output
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Not under consideration