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IBM i

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Named indicator should appear in the Fields section of the Outline view

Currently named variables of type N are shown under the indicator category in the Outline view.Consensus in the WDSC-I Midrange list is that developers consider this type of variables should be under the Fields category like other variables. There...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

SYSDISKSTAT: Add percent busy

Disks are getting hammered on one system on rare occasion. IBM denies any culpability. Therefore I need way to know when to IPL system when the percent busy of the disks gets out of hand.Please add percent busy to sysdiskstat service Use Case: Mon...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 3 Delivered

Add Job Temporary Storage metric to Properties for top contributing jobs for Temporary Storage Utilization

Using Graph History to show Temporary Storage Utilization over time and discover consistent growth over time. Zoom in to see details and find the top contributors - a list of jobs is produced, and I can then click on a job to review its properties...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Performance Tools 3 Delivered

SQL Formatting options

Please allow for the selection of formatting features on a per user basis. Right now when you format SQL it performs all actions of formatting. Use Case: In ACS RSS tool, Edit, SQL Formatter, configure. In the open dialog I would like the ability ...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Delivered

ACS - clear keyboard buffer when showing RSS results

When the result of a SQL statement in Run SQL Script is shown, the keyboard buffer is not cleared and the result window will pickup the next keystroke in the buffer. This is very annoying when the next keystroke is F5 - especially when the SQL sta...
over 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Delivered

Serverresponse is missing for systool functions like httpputclob

Serverresponse is missing for systool functions like httpputclob, httppostclob, etc.Even the httpputclobverbose function only returns the http header messages. But the responsemessage from the server that identifies the real problem will not be re...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Delivered

SQL service to list hardware components, locations and adapter card firmware levels

Records of hardware assets and firmware levels is increasingly important. In the same way that the SQL services for PTF/system firmware has greatly simplified the management of PTFs, this enhancement would ensure that adapter cards are not overloo...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

Allow PTF application after certain abnormal IPLs

Allow PTFs to be applied after an abnormal IPL (QABNORMSW set), if the cause was a job being ended with ENDJOBABN. Use Case: PTF application in the real world.
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 3 Delivered

API or SQL view for WRKCMTDFN

Create an API or SQL view corresponding to the command WRKCMTDFN JOB (* ALL) STATUS (* PENDING). Use Case: We need to identify jobs that are waiting of commit validation. The goal is to stop jobs that are likely to prevent the synchronization poin...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 2 Delivered

Request ACS5250 emulator to enable ENTFLDATR on Bypass Field

The implementation of the IBM i ACS 5250 emulator has disabled a feature that exists within the Personal Communications based emulators. Specifically, it does not allowing highlighting a field that is a bypass field. This was done to follow the 54...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered