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IBM i

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Authority Collection - Size of the collections

Please add options/columns into existing SQL views (object_statistics maybe?) or add new SQL views to see how much the IBM i Authority Collection repositories actually take space. Currently there is no such option and the security administrator/IB...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

Request for 「No conversion」 Data Transfer Support in ACS Data Transfer

In PCOMM and IBM i Access for Windows data transfers, it was possible to specify "No conversion" as the file type. However, ACS does not support unconverted transfers.Could you please consider adding support for unconverted transfers in ACS as a f...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

Add OPEN *ALL to RPG to open all files not already open.

Files defined as USROPN or already closed must be opened manually and individually and code must make sure each file is not already open. OPEN *ALL would be the complement to CLOSE *ALL.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 0 Submitted

please add function "odd" and "even"

would be nice to have a function returning whether a number is odd (function odd) and whether a number is even (function even). I know it can be done with mod(field, 2) but for documentation purpose it is better to read odd(field) or even(field) i...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

add a field in QSYS2.LICENSE_INFO that shows the "P- group" for the listed licensed program product.

There currently exists a field "PROCESSOR_GROUP" in the SQL view QSYS2.LICENSE_INFO, which is the processor group for the server the software is currently installed. the new field should more closely align with the column "PROCESSOR" in the output...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Future consideration

Add IMPORTANCE parameter to SNDSMTPEMM and API QtmsCreateSendEmail

On the old e-mail command SNDDST there was an option to change the content importance of the e-mail. It will add "Importance" to the mail header. Please add this parameter to the command SNDSMTPEMM and API QtmsCreateSendEmail.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Networking 0 Submitted

BRMS 2 - for duplicated tapes, display the source and destination of the duplication

With BRMS, you can see which band is the source and which band is the target for duplicated bands under wrkmedbrm. With BRMS2, you can only see that the band you.
about 2 months ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Future consideration

Modern Look for IBM Navigator for i Using IBM’s Carbon Design System

Updating the IBM Navigator for i interface by implementing the Carbon Design System (https://carbondesignsystem.com/)— IBM’s open-source design system built on the IBM Design Language. Carbon provides production-ready code, design tools, UX guidel...
2 months ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Not under consideration

RPG manual - %subst() start position and length in double bytes for graphic or UCS-2

The RPG manual needs a clarification for the %subst() build-in-function. For graphic or UCS-2 data the start position and length should be specified in double bytes. This is not documented.For the old SUBST operation it is only noted that the star...
2 months ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 2 Future consideration

Last Updated Date for Server Firmware

Last server firmware upgrade date is not reflected when we use this command, DSPFMWSTS. However it is very beneficial to know when the last update/upgrade was performed by seeing this installation date next to the current level of firmware. We do ...
2 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 0 Submitted