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IBM i

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AJS schedule jobs in different time zone

Add the ability to "5770JS1 IBM Advanced Job Scheduler for i" to schedule jobs in different time zones where DST is taken into consideration so that the job always starts at the correct time in the target time zone. Use Case: A customer has an LPA...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

Enable SHA-2 pwd encryption on IBM i V7R4

We have customer audit that change the pwd encryption to SHA-2, but now we are using V7R4 and only SHA-1 is supported
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Security 1 Not under consideration

Add details to subsystem changed messages (CPC1602 and CPC1604) as to what was changed

CPC1602 - Subsystem changed, and CPC1604, Active subsystem changed are logged to QSYSOPR and QHST and simply state that the specified subsystem was changed. There is no additional message information that tells the user WHAT was changed. In tryi...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 1 Not under consideration

Suppress CPIB319 in QSECIDL processing

Can CPIB319 message "Profile already disabled" be made optional for QSECIDL processing? Use Case: We have some procedural hurdles to actually deleted profiles. We disable them regularly, though. When the QSECIDL jobs run checking for inactive prof...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Security 3 Not under consideration

Allow Plug-ins for ACS RunSQL Scripts

RunSQL Scripts within ACS is good, but it would be nice if we could integrate our SQL iQuery Script tool into ACS RUNSQL Scripts so that our scripts could be run from within it. To do this, we need to be able to add a plug in to ACS. To add a plug...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Pass SQL statement from RPG to "Run SQL Scripts"

I would like to pass a sql statement (SELECT) from RPG to "Run SQL Scripts" (Access Client Solutions ). The "Run SQL Scripts" application should execute this statement and present the result set in a separate window. Use Case: Execute predefined s...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Not under consideration

Pressing Alt+key to execute macro sets focus to File in the Tools line

After opgrading to 1.1.7.1 an irritating thing has started when executing macros. I have defined macros to be executed when pressing ALT+F1, ALT+F2 etc but now it executes the macro and then focus is at the "File" option in the Tools line so when ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Is a defect

make landscape PDF display as portrait

Request to a product of a IBM i Access Client Solutions(ACS).Outputting PDF with ACS (Java Printing Service) and opened with PDF viewer, even landscape orientation files are always displayed vertically.We request making landscape oriented PDF file...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

SQL - parse char string using external definition

Many times, in existing customers ERPs, there are fields where structured information is stored in a single big CHAR string. Usually the intent is to have a generic data carrying field in the same table, where the type of information is stored in ...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Code colapse/expand for subprocedures/subroutines

This feature is to have the possibility to colapse/expand blocks of code such as subprocedures or subroutines.Just like the expand/colpase option in the Java editor Use Case: An [+] or [-] symbol should appear on the left side of the subprocedure ...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

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