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IBM i

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RDi Allow Copy&Paste on member filter

Allow a Copy & Paste on a member filter. Currently this only works on an object filter drilling down into the source physical file. Looking at a member filter there's only a Copy... no Paste. Use Case: Copy members within a filter view
about 6 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 8 Future consideration

Add Network > Servers >TCP/IP servers to ACS

Add a new network section to ACS and add Network > Servers TCP/IP server Use Case: We would like to have the ability to start and stop TCP/IP servers without having to go into navigator for the web. This is one of the couple of features that we...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Not under consideration

Add IFS EDIT option like iNav has.

I would like to see the EDIT option put into the ACS software component for the IFS.Currently it is in the iNav component. So it would be beneficial to see it in the ACS side component. Use Case: I have .TXT and .LOG files that I would like to Edi...
almost 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 6 Not under 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.
5 months ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Not under consideration

New Navigator for i - PDI customized chart

In Heritage Navigator for i - PDI tool, I created customized PDI charts for my use many times. I cannot find this feature in the New Navigator for i. Can you deliver it in the future?
over 1 year ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Not under consideration

ACS - Ability to change font size on scratch pad

It would be great to be able to change the font size on the scratch pad window in Access Client Solutions. We have many users that use the scratch pad extensively but some complain that the font is too small and it's difficult to read the scratch ...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Not under consideration

Object Last Date Used updated during library copy

The Last Date Used field should not be updated on all of the objects when we are making a backup copy of a library. Why does IBM feel the need to update this date during the copy. The objects are not technically being used. We are only making a co...
over 3 years ago in IBM i / Core OS 2 Not under consideration

Allow adding FlashSystems Disk to Mirrored ASP without requiring them to be mirrored

With RAID no issue to migrate to FlashSystems. 1) Add FS disks, 2) Drain Internal disks. 3) Copy LS data. Mirroring disallows this as you must stay mirrored! With Mirroring we need the ability to somehow set a switch to allow the system to add dev...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / Storage 1 Future consideration

Modify AcsConfig.properties to add new Sheet in existing XLSX

when i transfert a data base file to xlsx on ibm i , the first sheet is replaced . I want to add new sheet to existing XLSX . Use Case: java -Dcom.ibm.iaccess.dataxfer.SheetId=NEWSHEET -jar /SFIOUTILS/IAC/acsbundle.jar /PLUGIN=cldownload /SYSTEM=L...
about 4 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 2 Future consideration

Reduce the referenced fields in RPG's outline view

RPG's outline view lists as referenced the fields (or data structures) used in LIKE or LIKEDS. Would be useful having an option to filter this type of references since, usually, are not needed. The benefit of this change becomes very apparent when...
almost 2 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 1 Future consideration

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