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Enhanced dynamic switch the collections for IWS REST-SQL services

The current IWS REST-SQL service does not support a multi-schema environment and cannot dynamically switch libraries (schemas, collections) referenced by SQL statements.
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Web Serving 2 Future consideration

improve MERGE by adding the option "WHEN NOT MATCHED BY SOURCE THEN DELETE"

Today, it is impossible to use the DELETE clause behind WHEN NOT MATCHED.Some DBMS other than DB2 allow this.Would it be possible to add this feature, like in this example ? MERGE target_table USING source_table ON merge_condition WHEN MATCHED THE...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Submitted

Speed up RMC state changes in PowerVC

In PowerVC sometimes it takes a lot of time until an active RMC state is recognized and shown in PowerVC. The HMC provides an event mechanism over the REST API that may be used to inform PowerVC of RMC state changes. If this mechanism is used the ...
over 3 years ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

PowerVC with 2 HMC

Our customer "Etat de Geneve" many Power systems with PowerVC and dual HMC. In powerVC, one have the possibility to connect a host with 2 HMCs, one being primary, the other being secondary. To improve performance, one can load-balance the connecti...
2 months ago in Hardware Management Console 0 Submitted

Add Filter on "Networks" tab on new VM Deployment window

When deploying new VM ; it would be great to have Search filter on Networks Tab. Currently we have +150 Networks defined on our PowerVC, so it is not very convenient to sort & scroll when trying to find the correct network :)
7 months ago in PowerVC 1 Future consideration

Need support of Hybrid Network in PowerVC

We need support of Hybrid Network for High Speed adapter >= 100 GBE
over 3 years ago in PowerVC 2 Future consideration

Monitoring or tracking changes done in DCM

Hi Team, We have a scenario where certification was unassigned from one of the application and so inorder to prevent this from happening again, we need to identify the cause of this issue ie we need to know who has made those changes to the DCM. S...
10 months ago in IBM i / Security 3 Future consideration

Bring back and improve Snippets in RDi

The Snippets view has been removed from RDi since version 9.8. Also the export, export for automatic distribution and import of Snippets was removed. Please bring back Snippets and improve them by adding "light scripting" or at least conditional c...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

Provide a CTL-OPT keyword to prohibit or issue a compiler warning when $ or @ are used in Variable or Procedure names

The use of $ and @ in variable names and procedure names in RPG IV hasn't been recommend in nearly 30 years. Yet we still see some legacy developers using those symbols for some reason. I'd like to see a compiler option or CTL-OPT keyword and eith...
10 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 1 Future consideration

Add a BREAK on EXCEPTION to STRDBG environment

When debugging an exception error that can cause the debugged program to end is sometime encountered. However if no breakpoint is established at that stmt, the program just ends. This is most notable in RPG IV and compiled SQL/PL. Add a "Pause on ...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Future consideration

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