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Conditional Runtask/Runjob

We need to execute processes after receiving files from clients, today this process depends on the client adding the command we need to execute in its transmission process. This is done via runtask and runjob and works well, however when we need t...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 7 Not under consideration

Encrypt the password of keystore used in CDFA using certificate based authentication

Current IBM document suggest the password used in certificate based authentication is passed to JVM in plain text. Requirement is to encrypt the keystore password similar to user account password in ser file. Setting up TLS and Certificate-Based U...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 3 Not under consideration

Certificate Management Automation

The CA / Browser consortium has voted to reduce the certificate lifetime down to 47 days over the next 2 years. The process to manage certificates in connect:direct is manual. This will become unmanageable to maintain manually.
7 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 7 Not under consideration

Unified Management of Connect Direct & Integrated File Agent

The current process to start/stop Connect Direct (CD) Integrated File Agent (IFA) requires a user to manually edit the init.parm settings each time they start/stop CD. The user has to manually edit the "cdfa.enable" parameter to "y" or "n" to sign...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 3 Not under consideration

Increased character limit of Context Data

Currently, Context Data can only contain 10,281 characters. Some requirements and design require more information to be stored in Context Data. Alternate Solution is to store and retrieve from GenericData Configuration, but it complicates the acti...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Add a utility page where telnet, ping and traceroute can be run

When trying to troubleshoot connectivity issues with API endpoints to backend applications from a PEM cloud instance, it would be very helpful if there was a way that a sponsor admin could run a telnet, ping or traceroute command. This cannot curr...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Not under consideration

Setting local permission controls in userfile.cfg for landed files

Connect:Direct (aka NDM) provides great power over sending files to report systems, allowing the potential for running jobs or tasks on a remote system. But receiving system lacks some simple security controls within the usefile.cfg over files lan...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Not under consideration

Please add support C:D to use S3 Storage for IBM i5os, like is S3 storage support for C:D on Unix platforms.

This is necessary to maintain the competition of platform solutions on the system for solutions on the unix platform. C:D is a multiplatform product so it should offer the same functions on all platforms without restrictions. We need to use transf...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Not under consideration

Allowing to Administrator Sponsor Users to Edit the Same Activity

We would like to request that two Sponsor administrator users have the ability to edit the same activity. Currently unless you are the one who creates or "saves" the activity it is not possible to edit. This has proven difficult for version contro...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Feature to close bulk PEM Portal and Provisioner Activities

Currently, each activity or rollout has to be manually and separately closed. During development, Unit Testing, and UAT cycles lots of activities are created. There should be a way in PEM to bulk close Portal and Provisioner activities based on fi...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Not under consideration