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IBM i

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Please add comment ability into SQL views.

Working with a mix of tables, views, physical, logical files, etc. there is a huge need to store comments in views that are built over physical files. This probably should be added to other SQL type. Recently, at year end I had to change views and...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 4 Delivered

[PDI] Save & Restore System Monitors

Allow save and restore of System Monitors Use Case: Allow the creation of a set of standard system monitors on one system, which can easily be saved and restored to other systems.
about 6 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

We would like more detail included in the monitor messages in Navigator i, such as Job Name/owner and so on.

We currently have message monitors setup on our IBMi system to track and report when a job goes into MSGW state. The monitor works, but there is no detail in the report/eventlog, can more detail be added, such as Job Number/Owner and so on. Thank ...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 4 Delivered

ACS Session Mgr - Behavior Change RFE

The default for 5250 sessions is Save on Exit... Always. Per session in the session Edit... Preferences... Exit...Therefore, when I close a session, it forces the refresh of the Session Manager list automatically. This 'feature' makes it terribly ...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

Go Save option 21 Entire System Save Improvements

Go Save Option 21 "Entire System Save" would be improved if the following parameters where added: 1) Scheduled Start Date (as well as time) This would allow a user to schedule a system save more than 24 hours ahead of the time they enter the reque...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Save and Restore 3 Delivered

Printer Output filters to match 5250 WRKSPLF parameters

Users migrating from IBM i Access for Windows to the IBM i Access Client Solution would like more granular filtering for the Printer Output dialog. Currently there is only the user, output queue and job information. Would like to have additional f...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Digital Certificate Manager - Need API to delete certificates in *SYSTEM store

We have over 200 IBM i partitions globally and need an API to delete certificates / certificate authorities within the Digital Certificate Manager. Use Case: DCM on each IBM i partition contains the certificate authorities from every other IBM i p...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Security 6 Delivered

BRMS - RSTLIBBRM - Add the SELECT parameter

Restore Library via BRM (RSTLIBBRM)                                   &n...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 5 Delivered

add IncludeComps in iAccess

Currently you can only specify options to exclude in IBM i ACS usingcom.ibm.iaccess.ExcludeComps=...... As IBM is providing more and more options these would be automatically be made available once a client updates the version (like latest enhance...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

ACS - click on banner opens webpage

One of recent enhancements was that the IBM i access client solutions homepage opens when you click on "IBM i Access Client Solutions" blue-banner line in main application window.Please make a configuration option whether to enable this link or no...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

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