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Custom SQLSTATE/MESSAGE for SIGNAL statement

Currently it is possible with the SIGNAL statement to return a custom SQLSTATE and message. DECLARE COUNTRY_NOT_FOUND CONDITION FOR SQLSTATE '02000'; DECLARE EXIT HANDLER FOR COUNTRY_NOT_FOUND SIGNAL SQLSTATE '75001' SET MESSAGE_TEXT = 'Country no...
14 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted

HMC power supply display

Create an option to view the actual status of a POWER supply. Currently, it's impossible to verify their status.
7 days ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Submitted

Few confirmation screen before power off manage system

It has been observed a couple of times in the past that the managed server on the processors (i.e. the whole machine) has been powered off accidently since the enhanced version of the GUI was available. To avoid another accident in future can we h...
24 days ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Submitted

Longer SQL statement parameter in cldownload plugin or making it external

The idea of having a longer SQL statement parameter in the cldownload plugin or making it external revolves around enhancing the flexibility and efficiency of SQL queries used within the plugin. Here’s an expanded description of what this could en...
7 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

Add capability of defining subgroups for Compliance page

For usability in large environments it would behelpfull to be able to create subgroups on the Compliance page. Here an example: Group: SAP - Sub-Group: SAP-Test SAP-QA SAP-Prod
18 days ago in PowerSC 0 Submitted

Enhance IBM SQL Services to use better "list" parameter parsing

I’d like to request an enhancement to IBM i SQL Services to improve flexibility when passing multiple values to parameters that accept lists. Currently, the following syntax does not work: table(qsys2.active_job_info(subsystem_list_filter=>'QIN...
14 days ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Submitted

Provide a system-level iconv table for SYSVAL(QCCSID) to CCSID(1208) and CCSID(1200) Cached

As part of our ongoing efforts to optimize character encoding conversion in C and C++ applications on IBM i, we are currently utilizing a multi-step process to handle conversions between the JOB CCSID (an EBCDIC CCSID) and UTF-16 (CCSID 1200). Spe...
3 days ago in IBM i / Languages - Other 0 Submitted

Editing IPGs after adding new hosts in PowerVC

Unfortunately, there is no option to edit IPGs if they are already in use. However, if you add new hosts to the PowerVC. You must then set the tags for the new hosts for the respective WWPNs. (Example DATA/BOOT)
3 days ago in PowerVC 0 Submitted

Just like the 5250 Emulator, please consider adding the "Tab" feature in the IBM I ACS Schemas tool. Thanks.

Database design and maintenance would oftentimes need to look at database on different partitions. It would be nice to provide DBAs this convenience and not having to open multiple windows.
8 days ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

Extend threshold monitoring and alerting for memory usage

The settings in the cmc for pep2.0 allow the user to set individual thresholds for core usage in a particular cpu pool. However, there is no such setting to notify about overusage of memory. Extending the pool thresholds for memory usage would hel...
2 months ago in Cloud Management Console 1 Submitted

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