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IBM i

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LAN console default settings ( 65+21 simplification LI)

On new systems without an HMC it is very cumbersome to configure the LAN console through the 65+21 control panel functions. Use Case: If the default SLIC settings would go through supported PCI slots and configure the first one with a default IP, ...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 9 Delivered

Allow numeric variable as second parameter to %KDS

Currently, the %KDS bif has a second parameter to specify how many of the key fields are to be used in the I/O operation. This second parameter can only be a numeric constant (named or literal). Please allow a numeric variable (integer or zero-dec...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 4 Delivered

Check expiration certificate

Create a view or an udf who give the expiration date of a certificat SSL.The same option exist in DCM (manage user certificate and checkexpiration) .in this case who can create an alerte 30 days before expiration for exemple. Use Case: The same op...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / Security 5 Delivered

Add new BIFs %max() and %min()

While I can easily create sub-procedures to handle these functions, I can't create a single max or min sub-procedure to handle all numerical combinations, or a true variable numbers of parameters. Please add %min(1: 2: ... : n), and %max(1: 2: ......
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 7 Delivered

RDI LPEX zoom in/out like Eclipse Neon

Eclipse neon allow developer to Zoom in & out with shortcuts keys Ctrl+= (Zoom-in) and Ctrl+-(Zoom-out). Lpex needs to have this same feature. Use Case: changing the font for lpex is extremely cumbersome. Browser, other IDE/editor all have the...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

SQL Write to IFS

Please make writing to the IFS from SQL part of DB2 for i. Use Case: There is no general purpose way to write to the IFS using SQL. I have character data in an IBM i database tables and want to use SQL manipulate, sort, edit and create a text file...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 10 Delivered

add ascii to ebcdic converter to ACS IFS

please add option to automatically convert ebcdic to ascii data during "integrated file system" file download in IBM i Access Client Solutions Use Case: We have a lot of files which are stored within IFS in EBCDIC format.When we download these fil...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

iSeries Client Solutions - copy folder from pc to ifs

Copy folder from PC to IFs Use Case: not able to copy folder/s from PC to IFS in IBM I Access Client Solutions, will have to create a folder, then copy files one at a time, then created the next layer of folders and copy each file one at a time.
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Add dialog to ACS for displaying "in use" information of stream files stored in the IFS

Include the "in use" dialog into ACS and do not launch the "IBM Navigator for i" web application for displaying the locks of a given IFS stream file. Today "IBM Navigator for i" is launched to display the locks of an IFS stream file following thes...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Please we need a web interface to manage POWERHA for IBM-i!

With the new web interface you can only monitor the resources on the cluster and this its not so useful really. It's 2023 and for manage powerha i currently still use the old Heritage. It's a painful task.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / PowerHA 3 Delivered

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