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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories IBM i Access Family
Created by Guest
Created on Mar 13, 2019

Drag and drop from PC to IFS

Please allow drag and drop of files from PC to IFS.


Use Case:

Drag a file from a PC to the IFS instead of using the current upload option.


Idea priority High
  • Guest
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    Nov 30, 2021

    Thank you for submitting your Request For Enhancement. We understand the value of this RFE, but higher priority items have taken precedence. We are keeping this on our list for consideration in the near future.

  • Guest
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    Jun 25, 2020

    IBM understands this request and will consider it for a future code update, though no commitment is made or implied.

  • Guest
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    Oct 29, 2019

    The CAAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a high priority requirement that is important to be addressed. Expectation is that ACS works like a Windows Explorer environment, so need to be able to drag and drop across client platforms.

    Background: The COMMON Americas Advisory Council (CAAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CAAC has a key role in working with IBM i development to help assess the value and impact of individual RFEs on the broader IBM i community, and has therefore reviewed your RFE.

    For more information about CAAC, see www.common.org/caac

    For more details about CAAC's role with RFEs, see http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/Blogs/i-Can/May-2017/COMMON-Americas-Advisory-Council-%28CAAC%29-and-RFEs/

    Nancy Uthke-Schmucki - CAAC Program Manager

  • Guest
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    Jul 31, 2019

    IBM has received this requirement and is evaluating it. A response will be provided when evaluation is complete.

  • Guest
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    Jul 16, 2019

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - IBM i Access Family
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Power Systems
    Product - IBM i
    Component - IFS (Integrated File System) and Servers
    Operating system - IBM i
    Source - None

  • Guest
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    Mar 18, 2019

    Please clarify which software component applies to this request. I suspect that it is a request for Access Client Solutions support for drag and drop since the NetServer and NFS components have allowed mounting a path on client machines to perform native OS drag and drop to the IFS since V4R4 or earlier.

  • Guest
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    Mar 14, 2019

    This is possible since the early days of NetServer… must be more than 10 years ago ?

  • Guest
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    Mar 13, 2019

    But please don't restrict it to Windows. It needs to work on Mac, Linux et al as well.