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IBM i

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Add Int_Job_ID and Int_SF_ID to formats 0300 and 0400 for QGYOLSPL

We need the internal SPOOLED File ID and the internal job ID in order to call the QUSRSPLA API more efficiently when needed. It would be great if the QUSRSPLA API also only required the Internal SPOOLED File ID when provided, but it currently also...
11 months ago in IBM i / Print 1 Future consideration

INZBRM Option to Reset *SYSTEM Control Group after System Configuration is Modified

I manage over 35 LPARs, and some of them have user IASPs. I need to run *SYSTEM backups after OS upgrades or PTF group updates for recoverability, but our IASPs will not be backed up using the *SYSTEM Control Group because there is no way to updat...
11 months ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Future consideration

Temporal Support For System Tables

V7R3 of Db2 i introduced support for temporal tables. However, it is not possible for an end user to alter the system tables; such as QADBXREF / QADBIFLD, to be defined as temporal. Attempting to alter the table results in the following error mess...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Future consideration

Detect field length exceeding the original Array Length

IWS can easly publish an ILE RPG program as a web service. When using "detect fields length" IWS will limit array's rows rendered in Xml or Json using a special value expressed as a Binary number. Sometimes happens (usually because of program erro...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

Auto Generate Procedures

Today in Eclipse when coding Java applications you can type a call to a method without the method existing. When eclipse sees that the method does not exist it gives an auto correct option to create the method based on the parameters passed in the...
over 9 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Future consideration

GENUUID to previous versions

Add version 4 UUID in V7R2 onwards Use Case: Version 4 UUID's provide a far better chance of obtaining a unique ID. V7R4 has been announced with Version 4 UUID generation capabilities so we would like it to be implemented in previous versions if p...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Future consideration

Set SEP entry screen browse buttons take too long

There are a few problems with the "Browse" buttons on the "Set Service Entry Point" window. Every single one of the browse buttons does the same where it populates a massive list of all objects, modules and procedures for everything in the *LIBL (...
almost 8 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

IBM i ACS Integrated File System to include TEXT attribute

It would be nice to see the TEXT attribute beside directories and stream files. The TEXT attribute can be seen on the green-screen WRKLNK. While we try to name folders and files with meaningful names, it's not always possible. Vendors install fold...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Future consideration

SOAP 1.2 for Webservice Client

IBM i - Webservice ClientDie Anbindung unseres DMS (Dealer Management Systems) an das B2B-Portal von Daimler basiert auf dem Austausch von SOAP 1.2 - Dokumenten via Webservice. IBM i unterstützt lediglich SOAP 1.1 im Bereich Webservice Client; ins...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Web Serving 4 Future consideration

Smaller barcode size required in 5770TS1

System: Product 5770TS1Actor: Barcode size 0.007 required for barcode reader Description:Currently we are using a non IBM developed application for converting spoolfiles to PDF-Files. On most documents provided for our customers (for example: quot...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Print 3 Future consideration