IBM Power Ideas Portal


This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Power Systems products, including IBM i. To view all of your ideas submitted to IBM, create and manage groups of Ideas, or create an idea explicitly set to be either visible by all (public) or visible only to you and IBM (private), use the IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com).


Shape the future of IBM!

We invite you to shape the future of IBM, including product roadmaps, by submitting ideas that matter to you the most. Here's how it works:

Search existing ideas

Start by searching and reviewing ideas and requests to enhance a product or service. Take a look at ideas others have posted, and add a comment, vote, or subscribe to updates on them if they matter to you. If you can't find what you are looking for,

Post your ideas

  1. Post an idea.

  2. Get feedback from the IBM team and other customers to refine your idea.

  3. Follow the idea through the IBM Ideas process.


Specific links you will want to bookmark for future use

Welcome to the IBM Ideas Portal (https://www.ibm.com/ideas) - Use this site to find out additional information and details about the IBM Ideas process and statuses.

IBM Unified Ideas Portal (https://ideas.ibm.com) - Use this site to view all of your ideas, create new ideas for any IBM product, or search for ideas across all of IBM.

ideasibm@us.ibm.com - Use this email to suggest enhancements to the Ideas process or request help from IBM for submitting your Ideas.

Add a new idea Subscribe
Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Core OS
Created by Guest
Created on Feb 24, 2023

RELATED IDEAS

Improvement of existing CCSID 1388 to cater latest China National Standard 13080-2022

Recently China Information technology authority announced the latest national Chinese coded character set GB18030-2022 and make it mandatory for all the banking industry.

 There are a lot of new rarely use character set added into this GB18030-2022 and causes the existing IBM CCSID 1388 not able to fully cater for it.    

As such we would like to request IBM to take action to improve the CCSID 1388 to cater for additional Chinese word in GB18030-2022.    

Without this IBM i user not even able to capture and keep the Chinese character in DB2 file.  

 If IBM able to do this enhancement, then this will benefit for all WW IBM i that would like to capture the Chinese word in their DB2 file.  

Idea priority Urgent
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     May 3, 2023
    We agree that this enhancement would provide value to extend the character list for CCSID 1388.
    Moving the status to the next level to pursue further.

    IBM Power Systems development.
  • Admin
    Maria del Carmen Ruvalcaba Cevallos
    Reply
    |     Mar 21, 2023

    The CAAC has reviewed this IBM Idea and recommends that IBM view this as a high priority Idea that is important to be addressed.​

    This affects a whole industry in the country. It is essential that this be addressed.

    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 IBM Ideas on the broader IBM i community and has therefore reviewed your Idea. ​


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


    Carmelita Ruvalcaba- CAAC Program Manager​

  • Admin
    Sabine Jordan
    Reply
    |     Mar 21, 2023

    The CEAC has reviewed this requirement and recommends that IBM view this as a HIGH priority requirement that is important to address.

    This seems important to keep chinese customern on the platform.

    Background: The COMMON Europe Advisory Council (CEAC) members have a broad range of experience in working with small and medium-sized IBM i customers. CEAC has a crucial 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.

    To find out how CEAC help to shape the future of IBM i, see CEAC @ ibm.biz/BdYSYj and the article "The Five Hottest IBM i RFEs Of The Quarter" at ibm.biz/BdYSZT

    Sabine Jordan + Sara Anrdres – CEAC Program Manager, IBM

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 17, 2023

    Please change "13080-2022" in the title to "18030-2022"

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Mar 13, 2023
    We are investigating this request further.
    IBM Power Systems development

By clicking the "Post Comment" or "Submit Idea" button, you are agreeing to the IBM Ideas Portal Terms of Use.
Do not place IBM confidential, company confidential, or personal information into any field.