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Alan Ashley posted 08/21/26 11:11 AM

I have looked through the documentation that I can find and wasn't able to get a good answer. 

Is it possible to access the premium packs via BOB Shell? I see the basic functions but nothing that looks like premium pack functions. 

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Jack Woehr IBM Champion posted 08/24/26 12:24 PM  Best Answer

Ah, the light is beginning to dawn.

I think the special IBM i modes require you be connected to an IBM i.
Currently that connection is via Code for i.
I think the Bob shell does not connect directly to IBM i.
I think the answer, Alan, is that Bob shell does not offer those specialized modes until they enhance the shell to connect to IBM i

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Jack Woehr IBM Champion posted 08/24/26 09:55 AM

/team lets you select your team.

Select the team that has access to Bob Premium.

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Alan Ashley posted 08/24/26 11:07 AM

@Jack Woehr, which version of BOB and BOB Shell do you see this /team in. I'm on shell 2.0.1 and BOB IDE 

Version: 1.126.0+bob2.0.3

VSCode Version: 1.126.0

Bob Version: 2.0.3


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Jack Woehr IBM Champion posted 08/24/26 12:01 PM

Do you belong to multiple teams?

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Alan Ashley posted 08/24/26 12:06 PM

Just me on the account. 

the question is how do I access the Premium Pack for I functions in the shell. Like the developer and database agents. 

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Tim Rowe posted 08/25/26 08:53 AM

Jack is on to it... we have built the PPi support for Bob on top of the Code4i support currently.  So today the PPi modes are only available via the IDE.  In the future that may be changed, but that is the current state today.   Certainly can understand why you want it :) ... stay tuned. 

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