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IBM i

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Add preference to default all opens to be browse only.

I want all my opens from features that allow a choice to default to browse unless I choose other wise on that open selection. Use Case: I am a developer that has *ALLOBJ authority and when I open members (mostly through the "Open Member in Editor"...
about 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 10 Delivered

Allow use of constant in ON-EXCP

Using constants in ON-EXCP would make the code more readable, and allow to share message ids in includes. Example: dcl-c ERR_CUSTOMER_NOT_FOUND 'ERR3452'; monitor; // do something.. on-excp ERR_CUSTOMER_NOT_FOUND; // handler endmon;
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Delivered

API to set Service Tools Lan Interface Configuration

One of the cool features I use to rapidly deploy many partitions is a combination of flash copy on Storwize along with customized startup jobs that recognize the change of partition and/or system and perform customization of the partition on the f...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Install and Upgrade and Licensing 5 Delivered

ACS run SQL scripts: Export to Excel, CSV, JSON, HTML etc.

Now we got the context menu for result sets in ACS - Run SQL scripts. So now I have a new request: It will be nice if it was possible to directly export the result set show in in the grid to common used formats like Excel ( Open XML) , CSV, plain ...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

SQL's HTTPxxxx-Functions should provide body data of the response

It is great that we can consume webservices with SQL functions. I have to consume a REST web service that answers in the case of an error with HTTP response code 401 and a JSON object with "error" and "error_desc" in the body of the response telli...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

Provide Db2i Service For Managing Certificates

Recently our SSL certificates expired and upon raising a support ticket with IBM our only solution was to delete everything and start from scratch again. No message was issued by the OS to inform us that certificates were due to expire. The soluti...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Nav4i Node Display name

In today's world IP address are frequently used for accessing nodes instead of the FQDN. For this the New Navigator for i is no exception to that rule, but when working with nodes an mane can be helpful in order to keep nodes apart. Use Case: In t...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Delivered

Navigator for i Warning icon explanation

The System Warning icon provides no information (on hover or via hyperlink) regarding the nature of the warning. I was forced to open a help desk ticket to inquire as to the reason for the warning. When hovering over the "Warning!" icon, it should...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

Journal Viewer-View Data Details-Add Prev/Next buttons

I'd like a Previous and Next button on the Journal Viewr...View Data Details window so I can roll thru the entries one after another and follow the trail of the entries and not have to right click on each one. Use Case: I am needing to look at the...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Lock Source Opened at Startup of RDp

At RDp startup, please attempt to lock on the source on the i (attempt, because source changes on the i should be checked for, etc.) for any source that was left open when RDp was closed. Use Case: When opening RDp, it will open any source (RPG in...
over 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Delivered

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