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Status Under review
Workspace IBM i
Categories Security
Created by Guest
Created on May 5, 2025

Authority Collection - Size of the collections

Please add options/columns into existing SQL views (object_statistics maybe?) or add new SQL views to see how much the IBM i Authority Collection repositories actually take space. Currently there is no such option and the security administrator/IBM i administrator need to calculate it manually by difference in WRKSYSSTS/WRKDSKSTS before and after the Authority Collection is deleted.

There is a possibility to calculate SYAUTCOL* QSYS indexes but that is valid only for User-based repositories, not objects, and can be done only via STRSST.

Adding this feature into the Authority Collection would certainly make the administrator life a bit easier when they know how much data their repositories take and maybe they would not have to "cycle" the collections every one in a while (write them to disk via an SQL view and delete the collection).

Thank you!

Idea priority Low
  • Guest
    May 6, 2025
    IBM has received your Idea and is evaluating it. IBM will provide a response after evaluation is complete.

    IBM Power Systems Development