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IBM i

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ACS Run SQL faster opening of scripts in physical source files

In RunSQLScripts, when I want to open an existing SQL script from physical source file, it's not possible to type in exact names of library, file and member. Instead you have to scroll through these items until you find the wanted script. E.g. you...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future 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

Outline - Show Declared DISK Files' Defined Usage

In the Outline view of RDi, within Global Definitions then Files, there is a list of all declared files in the program. It would be extremely useful to display a DISK file's defined usage, so we can easily see all *update/*output/*delete/etc. capa...
almost 5 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 2 Future consideration

[AJS] Native CL command to create a new environment

At the moment the only supported way to create a new scheduling environment in Advanced Job Scheduler is to use the Navigator for i. Use Case: A native CL command would make it possible to use a CL program, script or ansible to setup a new system.
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 1 Not under consideration

Infoprint Server: Fully support the SMTP attributes *SMTP and *SMTPMSF

Currently the InfoPrint server does not fully support the SMTP attribute DIRTYPE (E-mail directory type) = *SMTP or *SMTPMSF. The InfoPrint server still requires the user to be enrolled in the System Directory (WRKDIRE) Use Case: The System Direct...
almost 4 years ago in IBM i / Print 2 Future consideration

PASE IP Tools

We need IP tools like ping, traceroute, netstat, ifconfig, etc in PASE environment, so we can improve scripting Use Case: When creating PASE environments/containers for users developing on OSS programming languages sometimes we need to check basic...
about 6 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 2 Future consideration

Remove SEU product offering

With the availability of numerous modern development platforms, SEU should be removed from the next release of IBM i. This would help facilitate the acceptance of modern practices and tooling.
over 2 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 7 Future consideration

Add a Save Results As... option to the File or Tools menu.

Having to launch the 1980's File Transfer Program to pull down data is embarrassing. When I have a resultset in the lower pane, I should be able to simply save that resultset as XLSX or CSV to my local PC.
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

Allow user interface to turn off server authentication in 5250 console HOD sessions

When configuring a 5250 session in ACS, you can toggle on and off SSL Server Authentication in a regular session, but if you create a 5250 console session you must find and manually edit the SSLServerAuthentication and PoxySSLServerAuthentication ...
8 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Future 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

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