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ACS should have an option NOT to auto-populate the user id field

ACS should have an option NOT to auto-populate the user id field. In a shared environment like a terminal server, we don't want each user to see the previous user's "user profile" auto-populated in the user id field. It should be possible to leave...
about 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Delivered

Visual Explain Buttons for Actuals and Estimates

In ACS Visual Explain:It would be much easier/quicker if there were buttons up in the icon bar for all the View... menu options. ( or a way to pick and choose which ones I want in the icon bar besides the zoom in, out, or fit window).In my case, I...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 8 Delivered

Direct Link for Navigator for i

I have seen that in the new Version 1.1.6.2 you can directly call the IFS Interface in the 5250 Emulation in the Menu.Is it possible to add the Link for "Navigator for i" in the Navigation? Use Case: You have to call the IBM i Access Client Soluti...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

SSL Enabled by Default in IBM i Access Client Solutions

Being able to set the 'Default communications to SSL' option to ON from the get-go would allow new users to configure their new 5250 sessions to use SSL without having to check any boxes. We are looking to turn off unsecure telnet to our IBM i ser...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 3 Delivered

BRMS Recovery Report update for directories

The Recovery Report Step020 has a known issue with it in regards to how the IFS is saved. Reference N1014174: How *LINK Saves Affect Link Lists . The recovery report should have the following added to step020: When using link lists in BRMS, users ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / BRMS 3 Delivered

Accept %CHECKx and %TRIMx BIFS in CL in RDP

I use RDP for CL development as well as RPG. Recent Technology Refresh PTFs have made available the %CHECKx and %TRIMx BIFS. These are flagged as errors in the editor. Those are the specific examples I can think of at this point. I guess in a broa...
about 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Delivered

RSS Remember/reopen tabs

Hi, In addition to https://ibm-power-systems.ideas.ibm.com/ideas/IBMI-I-1576 (auto saving RSS tabs) it would be great if RSS remembered which tabs were open and would reopen them when restarting RSS. In addition, unnamed tabs should also be stored...
about 2 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Delivered

Device driver with multiple receive queues for family of 10GB adaptersCCIN = 2CE3.

Customer uses Virtual IP on pair of 10Gb ETHERNET adapters EN15/EN16 (CCIN 2CE3) with only one port populated/active on each card. With huge traffic when number of frames increased above 147K frames/second driver fully takes one CPU and can not sc...
about 5 years ago in IBM i / Networking 3 Delivered

IBM i web services server allow update of rest web service parameters

I'm investigating creating rest web services on the iseries using the IBM web administrator for i, Applications server tab. I did a tutorial that created a student rest web service and got it working after several delete/recreates (I had a space o...
about 8 years ago in IBM i / Application Development 3 Delivered

Message Monitor - Allow creator to specify USER

When creating a new message monitor or modifying an existing message monitor, allow the entry of a user ID. Similar to submitting a job (SBMJOB), adding a job schedule entry (ADDJOBSCDE), or changing a job schedule entry (CHGJOBSCDE). Use Case: I ...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

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