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    Dark Mode For Run SQL Scripts

    I would like to be given a dark mode or the ability to control colors for Run SQL Scripts. Between the dark screen of the emulator and dark mode of RDI, it would be awesome to also have a dark theme for Run SQL Scripts. RDI gives the option to app...
    about 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Not under consideration

    ACS IFS Explorer - TreeSize-like functionality.

    I can't seem to find a good and intuitive tool to get an overview of the IFS. It would be nice to able to look at eg. the root folder and see for each folder how many files/folders/bytes are in that folder.Something like TreeSize for Windows' expl...
    over 6 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

    Docker on AIX

    Docker is a technology that allows for applications to be created, deployed and run using containers. This allows applications and services to be built and deployed on any operating system that supports Docker.
    over 8 years ago in AIX 1 Not under consideration

    %SCANRPL to replace only *FIRST or *LAST occurence

    %SCANRPL is a nice and usefull function but sometimes we need to limit the replacement to the first or the last occurence. Use Case: When we use long varying strings with placeholders some of them are repeated and we cannot use %SCANRPL.
    over 7 years ago in IBM i / Languages - RPG 5 Not under consideration

    Support 132 Columns on most WRKxxx Screens

    Using WRKSPLF, WRKOUTQ, WRKJOB WRKACTJOB, DSPJOBLOG and others is frustrating due to 80-column screen output used in those interfaces. Only DSPSPLF had the foresight to incorporate so called wide screen mode. We need 132 column support in Work Man...
    about 4 years ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Not under consideration

    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...
    10 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 5 Not under consideration

    HMC simple linux diag-commands for rsh-shell

    make simple Linux diag-commands like "top", "lscpu", "lsmem", "mvcli" etc. available on HMC-rsh-shell.
    over 4 years ago in Hardware Management Console 2 Not under consideration

    Port Mongodb

    Port Mongodb to IBM i PASE. https://mongodb.com Use Case: It is starting to become more prevalent that tools(n1) are using NoSQL databases as their means to store data. This means we can't adopt those tools to further our businesses and we are lef...
    about 8 years ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 4 Not under consideration

    V7R1 should support newer SSL Ciphers

    Cryptographic support on V7R1 should support the newer SSL Ciphers that V7R2 and up also have. V7R1 is still a supported OS and since most trading partners are updating the SSL certificates that use updated Ciphers, it means that the clients using...
    about 9 years ago in IBM i / Security 7 Not under consideration

    Provide capability to run ssh service when in restricted state

    ssh is required to support automation of the system via Ansible. If the system is ended to a restricted state to perform certain operations (e.g. system save) automation cannot be used to control or manage the operation. Similarly, if the system i...
    about 2 years ago in IBM i / System Management 3 Not under consideration

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