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IBM i

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Create a web based full functioning 5250 Emulator

I need the ability to create a web based full functioning 5250 Emulator comparable to the ACs Java 5250 emulator
4 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Expand on the Authority Collection process by logging commands that actually use the special authorities granted on user profile

I'm trying to clean up security and while the Authority Collection process is valuable, I need to go a step farther. There are too many IDs with any combination of special authorities, and I do not have a clean way to monitor if it's needed. I wou...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / Security 1 Under review

Provide an end time for long running jobs in Advanced Job Scheduler (5770JS1)

We have a number of long running AJS jobs that start 06:00 and end 23:00 for example. It would be great to have this function built-in rather than have to write a routine to end the job.
about 1 month ago in IBM i / System Management 0 Submitted

Possibility to create IFS objects filters

Because many sources for IBM objects e.g programs, commands can be stored in IFS directories, it would be good to have possibility to define IFS directories and files filters like ones available for objects.
10 months ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 4 Future consideration

RSE API's - swagger or yaml file

Hello, Would it be possible to have the swagger or a yaml file available? This would facilitate the integration of calls to these APIs in external software capable of scripting and automating certain tasks.
7 months ago in IBM i / Web Serving 1 Functionality already exists

WRKPTFGRP vs. DSPPTFGRP

The service below requires the user to be authorized to the WRKPRTGRP. But the service only list information not changing anything, so why not only require authorization to DSPPTFGRP? Improvement suggestion to IBM… SELECT CURRENT SERVER CONCAT ' i...
3 months ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 0 Submitted

IBM ARE - Problem with PTF comparison

We have a central system for the PTF comparison on which all licensed programs and PTFs including save files are installed. If we now start a PTF comparison with IBM ARE from this central system to an LPAR on which NOT all licensed programs are...
4 months ago in IBM i / System Management 1 Future consideration

API for getting thread id & thread name such as in command PRTJVMJOB *thread

For JVM users and ERP (such as M3 or others), the thread id inside JVM could be internal to software or dedicated tool. In this case, to investigate job performance such as idoctor or job watcher it is impossible to search a job or tasks with the ...
about 1 month ago in IBM i / JAVA 0 Submitted

DATFMT(*JOBYY) for date fields in DDS

We want to control the format of our date field dynamically depending on a country or user setting. Normally you can use the DATFMT keyword to set the date's format. And all formats are supported. Our idea was to use DATFMT(*JOB) because we wanted...
11 months ago in IBM i / Application Development 1 Submitted

change *ALLOBJ authority needed to drop columns using the ACS schemas editing interface

When you change a table (drop a column) through the ACS grapical interface you need *ALLOBJ to do so.The reason is that ACS adds and removes an autoreply (needing *ALLOBJ) to handle the inquiry message to confirm the drop (data loss) CPA32B2.When ...
9 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration