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Administration & Configuration

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Enhance QueueWatcher extraction workflow id and bp names and how many milliseconds it ran to Kafka EventStreams

Request to enhance the QueueWatcher extraction functionality to capture and publish additional metadata—specifically Workflow ID, Business Process names, and execution time in milliseconds—to Kafka EventStreams for improved observability and analy...

Enhancement of Sharepoint Adapter in IBM Sterling Integrator

After the troubleshooting session with IBM L2 support and our M365 engineer, we have established that IBM Sterling is ONLY able to connect to sharepoint when the site is setup with "/sites" but we would like IBM Sterling to be able to connect to S...

Urgent Support Request – SharePoint Adopter Configuration

Hi Team, I have successfully set up the connection to SharePoint using the IBM-provided SharePoint adopter, and it is functioning as expected—a highly effective solution. However, the current configuration requires passing the site name with...

To provide provision to set up Granular level access

Hello Team, Currently we only have Object level acces at Sterling Integrator, but we would like to implement stricter control over Bank and Finance ones, so could Granular level access be set up along with Object level access for Maps , BP's and t...

Improve SPOE update process in containers so that a helm install is not required

Currently, when making an update to the SPOE file, the process requires the file to be pulled in via a helm install. In an enterprise environment, there tend to be limitations on what can be done during business hours as part of normal configurati...

Enhance QueueWatcher to support SASL_SSL including JAAS config with credentials

We have been waiting for several years for the ability to capture and store QueueWatcher data. However, in version 6.2, we are unable to access QueueWatcher metrics due to a limitation in SASL_SSL support. I have already raised a case with IBM Sup...

Out of box utility script to run on Sterling nodes to fetch CD adapters certificates for validation to make sure change is reflected on all cluster nodes to avoid impact to customers traffic

We had a critical incident in our production system (Case TS018513193 Critical issue - All Banks are not able to connect B2Bi Sterling) because of renewed CD certificate was not reflected across all customer nodes of B2Bi.All Banks are not able to...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Automated Certificate Lifecycle Management for Sterling B2B Integrator in Alignment with Zero Trust Architecture

Hi, As organizations continue progressing toward Zero Trust Architecture, the importance of secure and streamlined certificate management becomes increasingly critical. We request for enhancement to B2B Certificate management. Current Challenge:To...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Allow DENY permissions for the SCHEDULER

For example, for out-of-hours incidents, we would like to allow a certain operator-type role to be able to Disable a scheduled business process or service but not to be able to modify the actual schedule itself. Currently the on-duty operator has ...
6 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Improving the IBM B2Bi Sterling Integrator logic when a system certificate expires

The B2Bi Sterling Integrator product does not seamlessly pick up or scan the system (netmap or adapters) for a new/valid certificate after a CA expires. As an IBM customer and a long term B2B Sterling Integrator consumer, on two separate occasions...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration