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IBM i

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Allow copy to clipboard on all ACS dialogs

All ACS dialogs should provide the ability to mark text and copy to the clipboard Use Case: When an ACS error is display, you have the option to generate the service log. Which displays MSGGEN002 - The request completed normally - followed by the ...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 9 Future consideration

Add Support for COMMENT ON to SQL VIEW, SEQUENCE etc.

Add support to add OBJECT TEXT (COMMENT ON or LABEL ON in SQL terminology) to those SQL-created objects that are currently not supported. by the COMMON ON statement.Such as VIEWS, SEQUENCES, TRIGGERS etc. Use Case: Today, when you create (for exam...
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Not under consideration

WRKACTJOB automatic refresh resets statistics

when running WRKACTJOB SBS(whatever) INTERVAL(xxx) the display is refreshed every xxx seconds, but the statistics (F11 further screens) are reset (like F10), not refreshed (like F5) as the help text suggests.This avoids counting interactions and r...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Future consideration

improvement to SEND_EMAIL, add BLOB/CLOB as attachment

Be able to serve BLOB/CLOB objects as an attachment directly with SEND_EMAIL.
11 months ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 1 Not under consideration

In BRMS, need functionality to display the library name or a name to show the contents of the SAVF created by BRMS.

I use BRMS to backup key libraries, SAVSECDTA, SAVCFG and some IFS folders. The backups are saved to SAVF's partly because this is much faster than going to tape directly and we are a 7 x 24 operation. Example, saving to SAVF takes approximately 1...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / BRMS 1 Not under consideration

BRMS Recovery

If backup policy is based on Full (i.e. Sunday) and Incrementals during the week, when restore happens, all files, members and IFS objects that have been deleted during the week will be also restored. BRMS should keep track of the objects in place...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 4 Not under consideration

IWS support for elements with attributes

Have IWS support WDSL where elements have attribute definitions like in the following example
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Future consideration

INSERT CAST error should provide column name

If a SQL INSERT into a table fails with a SQLSTATE of 22018 (Character in CAST argument not valid), it doesn't provide the column name upon which the CAST failed. Db2 has to know which column it was operating on, it just doesn't provide that to th...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Db2 for i 5 Future consideration

Add subsystem name to CPF1164 job ending message

Need to identify when a job(s) end from a user defined subsystem.Currently, there are 50 jobs, some duplicate names.Job could end normal or abnormal. These jobs always need to be running. Note: the subsystem name does exist on the the CPF1124 mess...
over 6 years ago in IBM i / Work Management and Messaging 3 Future consideration

Have a straight access (button) to system debugger on the 5250 emulator.,

Faster than opening SQL and then Execution and then system debugger...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Under review