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IBM i

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When creating printer session in ACS have iASP as an option.

Having the iASP in the writer job when session is started via ACS allows reports with overlays in iASP to print using the overlay.
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

PDF / A creation with system-i

Product or Service: Transform Services V7.2 for IBM i 7.2.0 Component ID: 5770TS100. Operating System: IBM i (i5 / OS / OS / 400). Error name PDF / A creation. Problem description and business impact Conversion of print files to PDF works. However...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Print 5 Future consideration

Allow changes in ACS setup to retrieve and display existing setup values

We have more than 300 users at this location and several more at other facilities. An administration type function would be appreciated where the setup can be stored at a central point for each device. Any changes would be on hand and could then b...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Not under consideration

whatever is cleared or reset during IPL that improves IFS backup be provided in a utility that can be run before IFS backup

when IPL is performed prior to backup, the IFS backup runs 5 hours quicker than normal. Data has been provided via PMR 32492,442,000. A utility to use that clears or resets whatever happens during the IPL would be a tremendous benefit to ensure th...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers 3 Not under consideration

wrkjobscde table

Hi IBMer, In order for us to process the wrkjobscde table, we have to output to a spool file, then feed it in into a program, etc which is rather awkward. Would you be kind to please provide a facility for us to query the table entries of workjobs...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Not under consideration

Trace usage of External SQL functions (linked to an external program) in OBJECT_STATISTICS or somewhere else

There is no IBMi object for External SQL Functions (linked to an external program). These functions are only knows and identified in DataBase level. It is impossible to know the last usage date for these functions. You can get the last usage date ...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Functionality already exists

Show Properties of Modules in Program Objects in RDI

RDi should display module source and service information for ILE programs like it does for OPM when a program is compiled with *DEBUG information. Some source information is available indirectly thru the Application Diagram, but it should be more ...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

BRMS - Please enhance help text for error message BRM1771

We tried to change the Expiration Date of a tape-volume, either to *PERM or to a date in 3 years. This resulted in the error message BRM1771, which states that the date-format is incorrect. But the date-format was correctly set. After raising an I...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Not under consideration

Multi-select in IBM Navigator for I - Specially job logs for active jobs

Allow multi-select in the IBM Navigator for i web client. Use Case: I need to identify which service job (QZDASOINIT running for particular user) is running a particular process. In the deprecated System i Navigator client, I multi-select all the ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Future consideration

Reconsider XMLTOOLKIT (5733XT2)

I learned that IBM plans to end support for XMLTOOLKIT (5733XT2). As far as I know, this product is the only option available, if you want to create xml with RPG when you need to create elements dynamically. Please reconsider further development o...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Not under consideration