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Move lines Up or Down in RDi/LPEX

RDi has a setting to move a line up or down (using ALT + UP / ALT + DOWN) that does not work in the LPEX Editor. Can we please enable that? Use Case: Rather than copying a line and pasting it elsewhere in your code - Hitting ALT + DOWN will move t...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Future consideration

Dynamically raise maximum virtual slot numbers

Please add ability to raise maximum virtual slot numbers of VIO and client LPARs dynamically without need of LPAR restart.
almost 6 years ago in PowerVM 2 Not under consideration

Db2 Web Query for i - Change report naming in Scheduler

When you schedule a report, the report is permanently linked. If you move the report, or wish to create a new schedule for similar report with slightly different parameters, you can not duplicate or change the schedule (report name is fixed). Coul...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 3 Not under consideration

Please port the newly open-sourced Swift programming language to IBM i under 5733OPS

I assume that we've given the COMMON process enough time to percolate on this submission from 5Dec2015: http://requirements.common.org/powerbase/view/ideasIBM.htm?db=ideasIBM&Where=ID%20=%20371 Problem:Our IBM i development community struggles...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 1 Not under consideration

Outline not showing modified marker on fields using assignment operators

Fields modified using (at least) += are not showing in the outline as being modified "line# (m)". Use Case: I have Live outline on. See sample images for references.
almost 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Is a defect

Size of a pdf with afprsc jpeg

When we create a PDF with the 5770ts1 product (afp/pdf transformation), the PDF size is high if it contains an image as JPEG (keyword dds afprsc) The PDF size is approximatively 3 times the size of the image (an image of 192 kb gives a PDF of 7864...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Print 3 Future consideration

Suppress the SQL information messages when using debug.

Ability to suppress the SQL information messages when using debug. Use Case: When debugging RPG ILE program with embedded SQL the system generates thousands of spool files with SQL information messages such as "cursor opened", "cursor closed", "n ...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 4 Not under consideration

DLPAR "move" adapter option in Enhanced HMC GUI

System: Enhanced HMC GUIActor: DLPAR physical adapter Desc: DLPAR is used to dynamically move a physical adapter from one LPAR to another. In the Classic GUI, this option could be initiated from the current LPAR that the adapter was allocated to, ...
over 7 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

Allow embedded debug information to be encrypted after program has been created

Provide the ability to add a debug encryption key after a program has been created. Use Case: A ISV needs to send a customer debuggable code, but doesn't want the customer to have access to the embedded debug information. Currently, they would hav...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Not under consideration

Static Monitors against a policy on IBMi

Instana is not able to handle static monitoring. Some monitors are static in nature like which are contractually setup on each LPAR based on application and ITSS security requirements. We have some policies setup on the IBMi system and we monitor ...
9 months ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted