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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


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Saving Macros in LPEX Editor

Hello,i am missing a functionality in the LPEX Editor. I often use the macro recording function to make changes i my code. This is a very cool feature because it is very simple to use. But in some cases i would wish to save a recorded sequence and...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Change search error details to be RDi specific

When using the search function (flashlight button) in RDi, if the search entered is something like this: &amp then you'll get an error. The error details starts talking about CL and REXX variables. It does, at the end, say to wrap the value in...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Not under consideration

Add window-split preference / toggling

It would be nice if there were an editor Preference by which one could specify a default type of window split (vertical or horizontal) when <Ctrl>-2 is pressed. Alternatively, a mechanism to automatically split a window as performed by the l...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration

Virtual partition shutdown

HMC "Operations -> shutdown" asks if you are replacing a battery.This is impossible with only virtual resources.STOP ASKING ME THIS!
over 10 years ago in PowerVC 3 Not under consideration

Provision to schedule the Verify Environment in PowerVC UI

Need a provision to schedule "Verify Environment" process in PowerVC UI for system admin group users. This way admin could schedule verify environment procedure like every day/week during off period
over 10 years ago in PowerVC 3 Not under consideration

Automate Post operations of Image deployment or include with Image deployment process

I tried to deploy AIX images using PowerVC UI (in the Images tab, select image and Deploy), deployed a new LPAR successfully. But we need to perform few steps once the deployment is completed and LPAR is activated. a. Change the hostname/LPAR name...
over 10 years ago in PowerVC 2 Is a defect

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over 10 years ago in Parallel Environment for Power Linux / Runtime Edition 5 Not under consideration

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...
over 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...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Not under consideration

Allow for case option in RPG Procedure Wizard

I love the RPG procedure wizard for creating my RPG procedures. However, there is one thing that I think would make it better. If there was a way to be able to specify the case of the text in much the same way you can specify how you want the "'EN...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Not under consideration