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Status Future consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories Db2 for i
Created by Guest
Created on Jul 24, 2023

RELATED IDEAS

Consolidate documentation for Services and documentation for the system catalog into one area.

Instead of placing the documentation for IBM i Services underneath "Performance and query optimization" move it to "Db2 for i catalog views".

Take these links:  

     Db2® for i Services: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=optimization-db2-i-services

     IBM i Services:  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=optimization-i-services

and move them underneath:  https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=reference-db2-i-catalog-views

 

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Oct 31, 2023

    So CEAC and CAAC are at odds on this one.

    I am inclined to back CEAC, which why I voted for this.

    Re the broken links, surely IBM have the processes in place to be able to verify all links in documentation?

  • Guest
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    |     Oct 31, 2023

    It's idiotic to deny this because of the risk of broken links. You wouldn't change it until rNext of IBM i anyway and that will be a new release of Knowledge Center which will have all new links as links like the following won't work since it will not be 7.5: https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/i/7.5?topic=optimization-i-services

  • Guest
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    |     Oct 31, 2023

    Why not create a new, single page that has all of the various SQL services and hyperlink back to the current pages?

  • Admin
    Carmelita Ruvalcaba Cevallos
    Reply
    |     Oct 31, 2023

    The CAAC has reviewed this IBM Idea and recommends that IBM not implement this request.

    If possibility of breaking all exciting links it's more detrimental to the community.

    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


  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Aug 26, 2023
    .IBM will use this Idea as input to planning, but no commitment is made or implied. This Idea will be updated in the future if IBM implements it.
  • Admin
    Sabine Jordan
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    |     Aug 16, 2023

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

    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
    |     Jul 24, 2023

    Yes, definitely gather all of the Services into one navigation section for those of us who navigate our way through content. Also, use links - having gathered the Db2 Services next to the IBM i Services, it would be great to have a link to each in the SQL Reference, and perhaps also in the ILE Languages. You get the idea - cross pollinate all of the places where developers would look for information.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Jul 24, 2023

    I agree with this idea. It is time to elevate the Db2 Services to its own category. The Db2 Services have become more comprehensive and important with each release, and many people are still trying to locate the docs for the services.

  • Guest
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    |     Jul 24, 2023

    Also include SYSTOOLS

    The closest compromise I can think of Database, Database reference, Db2 for i SQL reference, and move the following immediately next to "Db2 for i catalog views":

    Db2 for i Services
    IBM i Services
    SYSTOOLS

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