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IBM i

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    5733-ICC API to delete a no longer needed directory

    There are cloud APIs to copy to, copy from cloud as well as one to remove a file from cloud. However if you file has a directory structure there is no way to remove any of those directories.
    4 months ago in IBM i / Virtualization and Cloud 2 Submitted

    Group PTF apply date

    Keeping IBM i up-to-date is becoming more and more important when you look at today's threads. (Just think of December 2021 and the log4j issue.)As a result of that reporting when an IBM LPAR was protected also becomes more and more important for ...
    almost 4 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 8 Future consideration

    SAVSYS show progress

    Some customers use an USB thumb drive to run a SAVSYS on a monthly base. With slow USB sticks this process needs 15+ minutes without any progress display. Some customers are curious if it is still working. Use Case: show progress on save to avoid ...
    over 4 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 5 Future consideration

    Allow a "FOR SYSTEM NAME" for CREATE ALIAS

    DevOps providers want to be able to fallback and restore implementation objects of SQL objects. CREATE ALIAS creates a *FILE DDMF in the library but we are not able to control the implementation name. This requires a lot of processing to make sure...
    5 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Future consideration

    String interpolation for RPG

    Add string interpolation support so variables can be inserted into string literals without having to use concatenation with + symbols and multiple literals. For example:apples = 4bananas = 3print(f"I have {apples} apples and {bananas} bananas") Us...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 11 Not under consideration

    For AJS, the notification message setting item cannot be set for double-byte characters.

    This is an event when adding a job in AJS on the 5250 screen.The Notification Message item is set to type A, and double-byte characters cannot be set.Double-byte character input is important in Japanese environment. Please let us know how to solve...
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 6 Not under consideration

    New op-code RCV-MSG or enhancement of ON-EXCP/ON-EXIT

    When sending an escape message with SND-MSG it is easy to catch that exception with MONITOR and ON-EXCP. But to receive the message (especially the message data), remove the message from the job log or re-send the message up the call stack, we sti...
    almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

    Add availability info (version/release/TR) to Info Center

    Please add availability info to RPGLE BIFs, SQL functions/procedures, catalog views and IBM i services (like table functions, etc.). Some information like: Available since 7.3 TR 2 and 7.4 This would make it easy to check backward compatibility.
    over 1 year ago in IBM i / Documentation 4 Not under consideration

    Edit files in IFS using Navigator for i or ACS

    After we installed the latest PTF's, the old Heritage IBM navigator for i has been disabled. Just about every week we EDIT a lot of files in the root file system and we used to be able to do this through the Heritage version. The only file system ...
    over 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Future consideration

    Issue audit journal entry when Password Level 4 hash is generated at signon.

    For high availability replication products, knowledge is needed when a user profile changes. In most cases an audit journal entry is issued. However, when both the source and target systems are at OS 7.5 or 7.6 and a user profile does not yet have...
    3 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

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