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ACS Printer Output - add options under Set Filter

My idea is to add additional date and time filter options in Access Client Solutions Printer Output Set Filter screen. Currently the options under Date and Time Created include "All date and times" and "To date and time". The All filter takes long...
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

BRMS ICC - avoid loop when no more media available (using volume prefixes)

Hello, That it might be interesting not to loop the backup when there is no more media available. we always get Cartridge xxx not available message in BRMS log when job is stuck. Regards, Axel C.
6 months ago in IBM i / BRMS 2 Is a defect

Change SPOOLED_FILE_DATA so *SCS spooled files with ICGDTA(*YES) can be search

I wrote a routine to allow me to present spooled files in VS Code and open them into an edit tab, I can also download the spooled file. These actions use CPYTOSPLF. I also wrote a routine that uses SPOOLED_FILE_DATA but some *SCS reports are not a...
7 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Under review

Do not see throttled machine(s) in the CMC GUI and got no SMS / Mail about Throttling

Hi by accident we see in our environment one E1080 throttled...i see this at the HMC but o don't see any message, Graphical hint or whatever in the CMC. So i want to see when login to CMC an alter about throttling and want to receive SMS , Mail if...
almost 2 years ago in Cloud Management Console 0 Future consideration

Add Macro functionality to iaccess 11.0.8

On iAccess 6.0 for windows (e.g.IBM System iAccess for Windows R610 SI29455) , it was possible to use easy Macros/Scripts. These were textfiles starting with "Description=" in the first line, than line by line telling the machine what to do. For e...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Sorting by date / time information should work correctly

Within HMC Serviceable Events Manager panel user can sort information using selection of each individual column.But: sorting algorithm looks like to be based on alphabetical order for every column ....even for ordering based on column "Last Report...
over 3 years ago in Hardware Management Console 1 Future consideration

DB2 for i GeoServer extension

We need to deliver geospatial data to the company via GeeoServer but we haven't found an extension that allows us to use DB2 for i as a datastore. There is a extension to DB2, but is for DB2 LUW and do not work with DB2 for i. (https://docs.geoser...
6 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

Notify when DCM certificate is near to expire

The improved DCM tool, like its predecessor, does not have notification functionality a few days before certificates expire. It would be very helpful if you can notify us via email or at least in QSYSOPR and set how many days in advance we want yo...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Security 8 Not under consideration

Remove or Relaxe the error when %SUBST length exceeds length of data

The runtime for RPG currently blows up if %SUBST(var : START : LENGTH ) length value exceeds the length of the VAR or if it is 0.Provide an option to ignore this issue for runtime purposes. OPTION(*NOLENCHK) (No Length Check) which would cause run...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 10 Not under consideration

resize command for VIOS

resize command from X11.apps.xterm helps to determine current window size and to set corresponding environment variables. It is extremely useful if an administrator works with VIO through HMC interface or use some other "not clean" interfaces. res...
11 months ago in PowerVM VIOS 1 Submitted