Skip to Main Content
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.

Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 6, 2011

Enhanced Compare Selection Interface

The ability to show a comparison between two or three members is a very handy feature but the ability to select the member to compare to is cumbersome/time consuming. To select the member, either you have to have the library in the list or specify it, then you have to navigate down the tree which takes time, especially with long lists to update. It takes between one and two minutes to get to the actual member to select. Afterwards, the feature does the comparison with no issue.

The request is to enhance the feature to be able to 1) remember past selections, and/or 2) bring up the previous list where you left off so you don't have to renavigate again.

This feature would be specific to navigation to members on a System i, but could be envisioned to be expanded to the IFS or other directory sources.


Use Case:

This feature is relevant to a project where it is necessary to view source from a vendor with your source to identify differences. The ability to be more flexible in the selection of the member to compare to would shorten the amount of time transitioning from one comparison to another. For companies that have to rely on either upgrading to the latest version vs. customizations that they have made for an entire release, or similarly bring in selective updates from future releases in the interim, this would be a time saver in getting the comparison done quicker.


Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
    Reply
    |
    Sep 14, 2015

    Due to processing by IBM, this request was reassigned to have the following updated attributes:
    Brand - Servers and Systems Software
    Product family - Programming Languages
    Product - Developer for Power Systems

    For recording keeping, the previous attributes were:
    Brand - Rational
    Product family - Design & development
    Product - Developer for Power Systems

  • Guest
    Reply
    |
    Oct 13, 2011

    Thank you for taking the time to suggest this enhancement to our product. Many of our product enhancements result from feedback from our customers, so your input is always very important to us. We do not have plans to address your request over the next 18 months due to limited time and many competing priorities, but may consider it at a later time.
    If after 18 months, this continues to be important for you business needs, please feel free to resubmit for reconsideration during an appropriate planning cycle.
    Again, thank you for your suggestion and continued support!

  • Guest
    Reply
    |
    Jun 27, 2011

    This RFE is consistent with our strategy and product roadmap and will be under consideration for a future release. Status has been updated to Uncommitted Candidate.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |
    Jun 6, 2011

    This RFE is consistent with our strategy and product roadmap and IBM is continuing to evaluate.