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IBM i

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provide QSYSINC RPG includes in full free format

Today, we have QSYSINC RPG includes members in fixed format. More and more applications are nowadays written using full free format. Even IBM has a strong focus on using this format. Therefore, it would be consistent to have QSYSINC RPG includes m...
5 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

Enable Headless Execution for Interactive Green Screen Commands on IBM i

Idea Summary : Introduce a capability to run interactive green screen commands (like WRKSBMJOB, WRKUSRJOB, WRKACTJOB, etc.) in headless mode, allowing scripts and automation tools to execute and retrieve results without requiring a 5250 terminal s...
5 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Add Transfer Data Rate to ACS IFS file Upload/Download interface

The addition of a Data rate transfer information is useful telemetry data for IBM i SysAdmins and Networking specialists. The addition of this calculation (in addition to the simple percentage complete) data would help to monitor, diagnose and res...
5 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Modernize the 5250 display

Hello, One of the recurring critiques when discussing ibmi is related to the 'green screens.' They are associated with an aging image of the machine. I absolutely do not share this opinion, but I hear it too often. Since IBMi can manage a multitud...
5 months ago in IBM i / Core OS 3 Not under consideration

get full details about 5250 fields via ehllapi of ACS

the ehllapi of ACS allows a client application under windows to query the attributes of each field of a 52250 screen. This api returns some information, not all. for example, the auto-enter-field status is not returned. This put my client applic...
6 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

xml-sax -- invalid characters converted to substitution character

Now and then I experience that XML-SAX in RPG throws an exception RNX0351 - The XML parser detected error code 6. This is caused by the situation that an UTF-8 character can not be converted to an EBCDIC character. It would be nice if it was possi...
6 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Not under consideration

Restrict Powerdown system command to run from Interactive environment

The PWRDWNSYS command is utilized within the environment to either shut down or restart the partition as necessary. This process is overseen by the technicians responsible for maintaining the platform. However, I have observed a potential security...
6 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Not under consideration

RACF should support dynamic altering the RACF database configuration

Currently, the names of the RACF databases are defined in the SYS1.PARMLIB(IRRPRM00) parmlib member. Those dataset names become constant for the IPL. They can not be changed without SYSPLEX-wide IPLs which would cause the customer massive outages ...
6 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Not under consideration

Request for 「No conversion」 Data Transfer Support in ACS Data Transfer

In PCOMM and IBM i Access for Windows data transfers, it was possible to specify "No conversion" as the file type. However, ACS does not support unconverted transfers.Could you please consider adding support for unconverted transfers in ACS as a f...
6 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

Modern Look for IBM Navigator for i Using IBM’s Carbon Design System

Updating the IBM Navigator for i interface by implementing the Carbon Design System (https://carbondesignsystem.com/)— IBM’s open-source design system built on the IBM Design Language. Carbon provides production-ready code, design tools, UX guidel...
7 months ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Not under consideration