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This portal is to open public enhancement requests against IBM Z Software products. 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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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:

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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,

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  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.

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ODBM and IMS DB Universal JDBC Driver Support for ODBM INIT STATUS GROUP at APSB time

Customer applications have problems when they tried to know the IMS db availability before to access to them from the java client application side, but unfortunately there is no interface in JDBC Type 4 mode. The DLICall Interface is not available...
over 6 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 2 Delivered

RFE for IMS Explorer to remove requirement for Admin rights during installation

IMS Explorer installation currently requires Administrator access on the machine where it is being installed. Some companies may have locked down Admin rights on employees' machines, thus preventing them from being able to install and use IMS Expl...
about 10 years ago in IMS Enterprise Suite / Explorer for Development 1 Delivered