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Control DB pool ephemeral ports from B2Bi

We should ideally be able to define port range to be used by DB pools. Currently it takes any random port available which is cumbersome and we have had times where we had run into issues due to this. [siadmin@ediapp01pakr logs]$ netstat -antp | gr...
6 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other Submitted

Add Oracle 26ai Oracle 26ai to the list of supported database platforms

We are executing a multi-year database modernization initiative, with 2029 serving as the planned end date for Oracle 19c workloads within our environment.
21 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other Submitted

Sterling Integrator upgrade errors are not user‑friendly

Sterling Integrator upgrade errors are not user‑friendly at all. This is a very common pain point across environments. Please make it very clear error message why upgrade failing ( DB specific , unsupported OS or any other package dependency ?)
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other Submitted

Sharepoint Client Put Service error results are not handled in OnFault

We ran a test case to check if errors and exception are handled that are generated during Sharepoint Client Put service, when tried to deliver the same file which is already available at destination document library or test folder.SharepointClient...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other Submitted

Dynamically passing the Sharepoint Client Adapter Parameters such as SiteName, Document library, etc via Business Process

If we have to deliver files to multiple sharepoint site and document libraries, we are currently enforced to create multiple sharepoint client adapters. Example: If i have to deliver files to 10 different Sharepoint sites, i will have to create 10...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other Submitted

Enhance the EBMS:0006 Polling Response Detail

Currently the B2BAC platform returns the generic EMBS:0006 error response to a polling request with the generic description "There is no message available for pulling from this MPC at this moment' This generic response is returned in three distinc...
11 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other / Reporting Planned for future release

Support Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) Service Principal Authentication in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator Object Store Client Adapter

The current Object Store Client Adapter supports authentication to Azure Storage using a Shared Access Signature (SAS) Token. However, Voya Financial have adopted Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD) authentication standards and security policies that ma...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other Submitted

Object Store Client Put Service error results are not handled in On Fault

Unable to Handle Object Store Client PUT Exceptions. We ran a negative test case scenario where we tried to deliver the same file that already existed at Object Store (Azure Storage). ObjectStoreClientPut finish successfully with File Put failed S...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other Submitted

File System Adapter (FSA) Timeout

Customer has BPs that writes and/or reads files to/from a NFS server. Once there was a problem of slowness in their NFS server where the NFS response was very slow. There are thousand of workflows running at that time SFG collapsed after a certain...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other Future consideration

Please announce the release schedule for the Replacement tool for GPM that removed SI6.2.2 as early as possible.

GPM is a key tool for developing and maintaining Business Processes in Sterling B2B Integrator, and it is a purchasing factor for our customers. The sudden removal of this tool from the product without any prior notice, and the fact that the tool ...
7 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other Submitted