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Status Not under consideration
Workspace IBM i
Categories RDi (Rational Developer for i)
Created by Guest
Created on Apr 5, 2012

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Report Designer - easier, more intuitive way to add a record

The steps to add a new record format to a printer file are not very intuitive in Design mode. I got tired of having to add the record format in Source mode and had to watch a video to understand how to do it in Design mode. Before watching the video, I tried the obvious: 1) click on Design records, 2) try to click on New (new and the name box are grayed out). Wouldn't it be much easier to create a new record like that and use the properties view to set Absolute or Relative? This would make it more intuitive and improve ease of use for beginners.


Use Case:

This feature would be used any time you have to add a new record format to a display file.


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
    |     Apr 27, 2012

    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 are also glad to hear that you were able to make use of our Screen and Report designer videos. These videos and others are also available on the IBM Education Assistant Web site at:
    http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/infocenter/ieduasst/rtnv1r0/index.jsp?topic=/com.ibm.iea.rdp/plugin_coverpage.html
    Unfortunately, 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.
    Again, thank you for your suggestion and continued support!

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