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Adding System i Navigator Management Central Definitions (Command & Package) to IBM Navigator for i

Add functionality to IBM Navigator for i that is similar to Management Central in System i Navigator. Functions under the 'Definitions' tab: Command and Package give us the ability to send commands and packages to our entire environment in one pla...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / System Management 2 Delivered

SNMPWALK should also return the IASP number in their result

SNMPWALK currently only return:HOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrStorageDescr.2 = STRING: Independent ASPHOST-RESOURCES-MIB::hrStorageDescr.3 = STRING: Independent ASP When there are now more than one iASP on the system with the same size, it's hard to find o...
over 8 years ago in IBM i / Networking 4 Delivered

Enable IBMI V7R2 EDGE server for Electronic service Agent

We are required to setup IBM ESA successful for V7R3 and DS8886/Power E880 HMC, but can't setup successful in V7R2. Use Case: for customer at banking environment , we can't open too many IP & port for ESA. We are able to open firewall for esup...
over 5 years ago in IBM i / PTF and Service 3 Delivered

Customizeable Tooltips

Need more useful Tooltips in charts. Use Case: Chart with number of visits as measure, sales region as dimension, and fiscal year as legend. On hover, user sees "2017 8:4". Tooltip needs to show "FY 2017, Week 8, Visits 4".
about 7 years ago in IBM i / Db2 Web Query 1 Delivered

ACS File Transfer with No Line Ending Characters

Please add an option in the advanced File Details under format options to exclude line endings from the file being downloaded. Use Case: There are files created by our core software system that we need to download as text files that already have t...
about 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 4 Delivered

edit/browse toggle in LPEX

I would like to be able to toggle between browse mode and edit mode without closing the source member. Use Case: I might have a member open in the LPE editor and have several different views open. Shame to have to close all that just because I ori...
over 11 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 3 Delivered

add ReadmeACSsp.txt to ACS update FTP site

for IBM ACS, when the 5733XJ1 package is updated and the FTP site references the new version, please add the ReadmeACSsp.txt from the zip file's "documentation" directory. ftp://public.dhe.ibm.com/as400/products/clientaccess/solutions/updates/ Use...
over 7 years ago in IBM i / IBM i Access Family 1 Delivered

Enhance Ability to Rearrange Filters in RSE

RDp 8.51: It seems the only way to rearrange object filters in RSE is to right-click a filter and select "Move Up/Move Down" from the context menu. This is cumbersome when one has many filters, and a new one is added (since new filters are added a...
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 6 Delivered

Controls for Procedure Creation Wizard Version Compatibility with /Free

I would like a *persistent* check-box on the Procedure Creation Wizard that allows for the Free/Fixed choice for D and P specs independently of the Free/Fixed for C specs. Use Case: I have been using V9.1 since it came out, but I am stuck on V5R3....
over 10 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 5 Delivered

Casing on Content Assist of File Data Structure Subfields

With fixpack 8.5.1, RDP Content Assist no longer picks up mixed case subfield names on data structures defined like a file. For example, if I have a file with a single field called CUSTNUM, if I use content assist on a data structure defined like ...
almost 12 years ago in IBM i / RDi (Rational Developer for i) 7 Delivered

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