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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

Single Pane for QSYSOPR messages in New Navigator

The New Nav that was released in the fall of 2021 provides a single pane of glass for each of our managed partitions and seems quite promising. What would make this new navigator more promising and will allow us to abandon older versions is being ...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 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

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 Run SQL Scripts Open file sort order settings choice

As part of this request the default view when opening the folder for SQL scripts within ACS was changed from List to Detail requiring the users that prefer List view to select it upon entry each time they access the open file window. Requesting an...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

NULL management by IWS

Currently IWS has no capability regards to null values when a SOAP or REST service is published. When a field in a request is null, the RPG ile program or procedure will receive: For char fields -> all blanks For varchar fields -> a lenght o...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 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...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

update WRKSMTPEMM to display full SMTP log with option 8

in case sending SMTP mails fails, hunting down the problem can be a mess if SMTP log is not available
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Delivered

Do not mark data structure or other container as unreferenced when any subfield is referenced

In recent releases of RDi, unreferenced variables and file declarations are marked with an information annotation. If a data structure is not, in itself, referenced, it is so marked. But any subfield that IS referenced is not marked. I want the co...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 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.
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

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