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IBM i

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SRCSTMF parameter for CRTDSPF

As we are using more and more modern ways and tools to develop our software, it really hurts that one has to copy DDS sources to a member in a temporary source physical file in order to be able to create a display file. I’m pretty sure that it wou...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Application Development 2 Submitted

ACS Spool File Download Options

Be able to include the USRDTA in the file name when downloading a spoolfile to your local computer. The user data can mean something and it would be nice to be able to include that as part of the PDF file name.
5 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 0 Submitted

managment librairies list for librairies product with SQL *SYS Convention Name

When you use a select in SQL without qualification and SQL naming *SYS, you use the library list possibilities with a litle different *PRDLIB i have a command CMD PROMPT('test mycmd') PRDLIB(MYLIB) a program associate to thic command ...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / AI with IBM i 1 Submitted

Add column for IP address when looking up Writers and Remote Writers

Finding and changing the IP address of a printer on a device description or an output queue has been traditionally very difficult to do, especially in an environment with lots of printers and no one knows the name of the printer on IBM i. I would ...
over 1 year ago in IBM i / Other 0 Submitted

Allow Multi-factor authentication option to enable SMS/Email authentication methods in IBM i 7.6

Implementing email or SMS as additional MFA options on IBM i could enhance user convenience and adoption by providing familiar and easily accessible authentication methods. It would eliminate the need for every user to rely on authenticator apps, ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

Enhancing network performance analysis on IBM i with iPerf Integration

iPerf (iPerf - The TCP, UDP and SCTP network bandwidth measurement tool) is a widely used command-line tool designed for measuring network performance by generating TCP and UDP traffic between two endpoints. It allows network administrators, engin...
about 1 year ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

New Customer Portal for Increased Support Experience

I would like to propose a new main support portal for clients. In the portal you would be able to have a interface in which you could input your customer ID number or numbers depending on if you manage multiple IBM Power systems across different o...
4 months ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Submitted

I'm using the audit data mart in web Navigator, please add an option to schedule the "refresh" job when the journal receiver gets changed.

currently we can have an advanced job scheduler job added to run at a specific time. This is great but allows for the possibility of missing journal receiver entries. I would like to add the option to run the audit journal data mart process when t...
4 months ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

Allow the default value of function QIBM_RUN_UNDER_USER_NO_AUTH to be set to *DENIED (it is currently not changable)

Function QIBM_RUN_UNDER_USER_NO_AUTH is very efficient to prevent illegitimate impersonations. Its added value goes far beyond the protection of *TOTP users.The default value is *ALLOWED, which is understandable. The fact that we can’t change the ...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Security 0 Submitted

More visibility into ASP utilization across the system using NCDU and displaying it visually in Navigator

Often it is challenging to find files that need to be cleaned up on a system; especially since these systems have been around for 40+ years. Using NCDU I can scan the Libraries, DLO, and IFS and see where my disk utilization is and drill down from...
about 2 months ago in IBM i / Open Source and PASE 0 Submitted

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