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IBM i

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Displaying source file member text within the i Project

We would like the member description of source file members either alongside the actual source file member or available in a separate table as is available via RSE for objects on the iSeries. Use Case: We are using RDi in combination with SVN so o...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Filtering source files and source file members in the i Project

We would like to be able to filter on source files and source file members within the i Project. As RDi is supposed to be a replacement for PDM this is a loss of feature. Use Case: We are using RDi in combination with SVN so our aim is to remove s...
about 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Find/Replace (CTRL-F) regular expressions in RDP (LPEX) should match the help text "regular expression patterns".

Using the regular expressions for find/replace in the LPEX editor on RDP is confusing. The help text clearly shows that the regular expression patterns should use the details described in the java.util.regex.Pattern javadoc but there are differenc...
almost 13 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

XML-INTO: Add new option to clear DS before loading

Add an option to XML-INTO that clears the DS before parsing the XML data into the DS. This option should work similarly to EVAL and other "assignment-type" functions.Data Structures are typically used to temporarily store XML data prior to taking ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 3 Not under consideration

CRTDUPOBJ command update a status file or periodically send a message to the job log that indicates the percent complete

There isn't an interface to the CRTDUPOBJ command that allows us to monitor the status, nothing found in Advanced analysis too, So have the CRTDUPOBJ command update a status file or periodically send a message to the job log that indicates the per...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 4 Not under consideration

Support Subsystem names and multiple Job SubType Enhanced for all API format choices for calls to QGYOLOBJ

All other selection (filter) criteria work when calling QGYOLOBJ except "Active Subsystem" and multiple "Job Type - Enhanced". The issue with Job Type may be a bug, but the Active Subsystem should not be limited to only format OLJB0300
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Not under consideration

WebQuery Output selection

we want to have an option to disable or remove the "Excel Formular" and "Excel Formular (xlsx)" from the User Output Selection. In WebQuery Adminconsole is no option to disabe this. Use Case: we want to have an option to disable or remove the "Exc...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 4 Not under consideration

Hardware Problem Reporting on 7895 model

Currently, the traditional TEST request generated by SNDSRVRQS ACTION(*TEST) or GO SERVICE option 15. Send test problem is sent to IBM Rochester Hardware Support Team. The 7895 is not supported in Rochester, thus any TEST request fails. Call Home ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 1 Not under consideration

Prevent Download of 5733OMF Cover Letters

When ordering PTFs via SNDPTFORD, we receive numerous cover letters for the 5733OMF product even though we do not have that product installed, and we did not request fixes for that product. We opened a case with IBM about the issue and were told ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 2 Future consideration

Support case insensitive (double) quoted names for PARMS and VARIABLES in SQL/PL

When creating user-written SQL functions or procedures, the name of the parameters with the recent NAMED parameter syntax is difficult to use. The end-user is made to guess the upper/lower case specfiied for parameter that contains quotes but not ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration