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Add ISO 8601 timestamp format.

ISO 8601 format shows:2019-07-17T15:21:38Z2019-07-17T15:21:38+01:00T = seperator between date and timeZ = Zulu time+01:00 is Zulu + 1 hour Use Case: Trying to do data interchange with other systems.
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 10 Future consideration

Add ptf compare between multiple systems to New Navigator

The old fat client navigator with the compass from the deprecated windows product had the ability to compare PTF's between multiple systems and propagate them.Please add this to the New Navigator. Use Case: I want to know what PTF's are on my test...
almost 3 years ago in IBM i / System Management 5 Future consideration

OAuth support for gmail email from IBMi

I've put this request in because Tech Support had nothing and recommended this as the course of action at this time. As of September 30, 2024, gmail is no longer allowing POP and SMTP for email. Anyone using gmail to send emails from the IBMi will...
3 months ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 0 Submitted

Port Docker to 5733OPS

Docker is a container platform that allows to deploy self-sufficient applications and services. It allows to build agile software delivery pipelines to ship new features faster, more securely and with confidence. Use Case: It would be great to be ...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 6 Not under consideration

Allow more than 1 level of qualified datastructures in SQLRPGLE

We get more and more embedded SQL code in our RPGLE sources but the compiler still only supports 1 level of qualified data structures. This is such a pain. See Use case for example. More practical examples are joins where you want to use the exter...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Future consideration

Dynamic Strings in RPG

Have the ability to declare a character very similar to how we declare a string in Java without having to give it a length. Use Case: In Java to declare a string its just String mytext; In RPG I would like to declare a char as dcl-s myText char; M...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 12 Future consideration

Selection the length of server power cables

The #6577 is described on the below manual that manufacturing select length when a rack is configured in the factory.https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/power10?topic=pr-supported-power-cordsCustomer said that in spite of the connection for servers to PDU...
12 months ago in Power Systems Design 0 Under review

PDU cables shorter than 4.3M

The PDU cable (ex. #6654) is currently only length of 4.3M.The PDU cable is too long and become a big cable roll under the rack. And these big cable rolls are as many as PDUs.Please provide PDU cables shorter than 4.3M including the perspective of...
12 months ago in Power Systems Design 0 Under review

IBM i Access Client Solutions - System Drop Down - List and Sort by System Description

The Host Names for the systems that I have configured are all sporadic and I'd like to keep all the systems for each client listed/grouped together. Using the Group Name feature helps... a little... but is a little cumbersome. It would be nice if ...
3 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Add Case Conversion to RPG Subprocedure Parameters

Add support to automatically convert Subprocedure Parameters to Upper or Lower case using OPTION(*UPPER) or OPTION(*LOWER) keywords on the parameter definition. Obviously, this would be for CHAR, VARCHAR parameters that are also CONST or VALUE. It...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Future consideration

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