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).


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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.

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Status Submitted
Workspace IBM i
Categories AI with IBM i
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 17, 2025

RELATED IDEAS

IBM i AI Assistant (Like ChatGPT, But Specialized for IBM i)

An intelligent assistant (CLI + Web + 5250 integration) that allows system admins, developers, and operators to ask natural language questions and get actionable, accurate, context-aware responses specific to the IBM i ecosystem.

Command Explanations

"What does CHGJOB do?"
"Explain WRKACTJOB output"
"How do I redirect output of a CL command?"

Message Decoder

"What is CPF9898?"
"Why did RSTLICPGM fail with CPF36A2?"
→ Returns the full explanation, context, and possible fixes

Automation Guidance

"How do I copy a SAVF from one LPAR to another?"
"Give me a CL script to restore a library"
→ Suggests commands, scripts, even composes them live

Job & Spool Analysis

"Why did this job fail?"
"Summarize today's QPJOBLOG errors"
→ Connects to spool files, extracts issues, and summarizes

System Health & Status

"Is my system under heavy load?"
"What are the top CPU-consuming jobs right now?"
→ Integrates with WRKSYSSTS, WRKACTJOB, etc.

PTF / Version Checks

"What's the latest PTF for IBM i 7.5?"
"Am I on the latest CUM package?"
→ Fetches real PTF data from IBM's site or cached DB

RPG/CL Programming Help

"Show me an RPGLE example to call a web service"
"How do I parse JSON in RPG?"
→ Offers templates, explains syntax, suggests best practices

Security Guidance

"How to check for users with *ALLOBJ?"
"List all users with expired passwords"
→ Gives both the command and explanation

I feel, this should be put on high priority as this assistant drastically reduces the IBM i learning curve and support overhead by bringing instant, intelligent help to users making legacy systems accessible like modern platforms.

Idea priority High

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