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IBM i

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Proposal for enhancing Alarm functionality with integrated calling feature

I am writing to propose an enhancement to the alarm functionality in mobile operating systems, specifically the integration of a calling feature alongside the alarm on iOS. The idea is to provide users with an option to automatically place a call ...
2 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

add extra detail to the view qsys2.AUDIT_JOURNAL_DATA_MART_INFO

for the AUDIT_JOURNAL_DATA_MART_INFO view please add a column for the number of records in the data mart file.
4 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Port .NET (Core) to IBM i via RPM

Now that Mono runs on IBM i (thanks to Calvin Buckley again!), it should be possible to port .NET Core, which is now the main .NET Framework, to IBM i without such a big effort. Use Case: Porting lots of .NET Server Applications to IBM i, using DB...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Not under consideration

Object last used date not being updated for all object types

object usage not being updated all object types. A library was specified in an HTTP configuration.SetEnv QIBM_CGI_LIBRARY_LIST RDB40 RDB40 library was marked for deletion as not being used, no objects being used in library.Confirmed by disk usage ...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 7 Future consideration

Allow PASSWORD(*NONE) users for native ODBC

Enterprise Identity Mapping (EIM) is a base component of IBMi and uses Kerberos for single-signon (SSO). With EIM, user profiles are set to PASSWORD(*NONE) and authentication is done via Kerberos. The native ODBC driver does not support user profi...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 5 Future consideration

Add parameter that allows to copy owner of object with CRTDUPOBJ

When creating a duplicate object, all security related data is copied. This includes *Autl, *Public and all private authorities. The only thing missing to be copied (or not) is the owner of the existing object. For now, a CHGOBJOWN must be run aft...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 3 Not under consideration

RDI support for current MAC OS

Installation Manager is not signed to run on Mac OS Big Sur and Mac OS Monterey versions Use Case: Install RDI products on new Mac Computers. Update existing installations where the Operating System has been upgraded.
over 3 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Future consideration

Provide a C/C++ "API" or function to enable reading Deleted records from a database file.

Now that the system is "closed" we can't use our old ways to do certain things. There needs to be a way to go out to a database file record and programmatically "undelete" that record. That is, say I'm going to open file ABC using the open or fope...
4 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

Add ability to generate performance graph data from R720 Collection Services data in Navigator for i

Since PM for Power is being discontinued on September 30, 2020, clients need a way to view graphed performance data for all supported releases. Links to external letters for different geographies with the discontinuance statement:IBM Americas - Un...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 3 Not under consideration

RPGLE embedded SQL nested datastructure (array)

It would be useful to allow nested ds and nested ds arrays for hostvariables in embedded SQL (RPGLE). Because now i have to move the nested subfield into a secondary standalone field.This is a horrible workaround :-) . Use Case: CASE WHEN :Example...
almost 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 6 Future consideration