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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

SQL Syntax highlighting and intellisense in ACS in stored procedure text window

When viewing the "Routine Body" of a stored procedure within ACS it will show the stored procedure text. However it is missing all the syntax highlighting and intellisense. Use Case: Faster development, easier parsing of the code rather than copyi...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Not under consideration

Extend PowerHA Smart Assist NFS monitor

In a SAP environment configured with PHA Smart Assist. Do we get PHA hangs when the total cluster gets stopped. This happen due to the fact that NFS gets stopped before the SAP RGs get stopped.
over 4 years ago in PowerHA for AIX 2 Under review

Add the table's column text description to the Outline view.

When viewing a program's opened files/columns, within the Outline view (under the "File" category), it would be very convenient to be able to see each column text description, defined by the given table. This could show up directly within the Outl...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

Create/Amend filters using search results

When I access PDM's "find string" from within RDP (or through a remote search), I would like to add the results into a new/existing member filter, object filter and/or iProject folder with a click of a context option. This will allow large filters...
almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Not under consideration

PTF tool to identify missing co, prereq, and delayed ptf

Create application and supporting API to allow a user to query and compare PTF co/prereq and other information to what is installed on an LPAR versus what is available on fix central. Use Case: Use case would be to simplify PTF research. When ther...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Not under consideration

Comment item per profile for LPAR

Would be nice to have a comment field for each profile per lpar so customer can add text for the profile about config, dates of changing , change history etc.
over 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Future consideration

Simplify multilingual support by changing CRTDSPF and CRTPRTF to support new MSGCON parameter "Resolve MSGCON MsgID values at" *COMPILE (default) *RUNTIME (optional)

Multilingual support can be greatly simplified if IBM supports resolving MSGCON messages at *RUNTIME. Currently MSGCON messages are resolved at compile time only (not good). This is problematic because it locks-in compile time values to object whi...
11 months ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 2 Submitted

VIO device naming convention after LPM (vfchostX)

See case TS002260514:LPM/HMC does mess up the AIX device names on target VIOS.Especially if using the "vios-virtual-slot-number" on the target VIOSs i would assume the device naming is the same on both. But it is not as we know.
over 5 years ago in PowerVM VIOS 0 Future consideration