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    Support IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS run on IBM i 7.6

    In April 2025, IBM released version 7.6 of IBM i, the successor to IBM i 7.5.However, we have been informed by the Offering Manager that, at this time, there are no plans to support IBM i 7.6 for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS, which has hi...
    5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 7

    Connect:Direct for Zos Suports Object Storage

    Connect:Direct for Zos does not support send/receiving files from/to Object Storages. Customers are urging that functionality for AWS and Azure.
    4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 5 Needs more information

    Certify NetApp S3 Object Storage with Connect:Direct

    Usage of Non-AWS S3 based object storage is increasing with NetApp NAS filers being amongst the leaders in this space.
    4 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Functionality already exists

    Lightweight container option for CDU/CDW

    Enterprise customers often have many hundreds of C:D nodes which are installed on application servers so that they can exchange files for/with the applications. This causes challenges for evergreening due to change management requirements with the...
    3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Future consideration

    Transformations/Envelopes Please Remove Production facing Envelopes from view in CTE Next Envelope choice list.

    It is confusing and might lead to issues, if permitted to select a Next Envelope on a CTE envelope that does not actually exist in CTE. For example, in the screenshots attached, when searching for a next envelope, the list provides 4 GS envelopes,...
    about 1 month ago in Self Service Tool 0 Submitted

    Get the list of SKU's against node which are fulfillment allowed disabled using IV API

    Business use case We would like to have solution or IV API to get the list of SKU's which are fulfillment allowed disabled against the nodes. Even with Inventory audit api we are not able to identify why and when sku against node fulfillment allow...
    6 months ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Planned for future release

    Problem Statement: ATP Calculation is not able to exclude future demand beyond request ship date

    Here is the detailed scenario. Problem Statement:ATP calculation is not able to exclude future demand beyond request Ship date. ​ IV- ATP Calculation – Additional Scenarios​ Current Date: 25 July 2025 (Day 1) & Consider Future...
    6 months ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Under review

    Ability to clear inventory for a DC in SIP to reload

    Similar to loadinventoryMismatch, we want the ability to zero out all inventory supplies that we didn't provide during the supply load. This would help us fix any inventory issues quickly rather than having to zero out manually again
    4 months ago in Inventory Visibility 0

    S3 support for Linux on Power.

    I would like to kindly request that S3 support be extended to IBM Sterling Connect:Direct versions running on Power systems. Many of our clients use Power platforms and are in need of this feature to meet their integration requirements.
    9 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 2 Future consideration

    Add Support for TSS Protected IDs in BATCH

    CDZ supports RACF and ACF2 when it comes to PROTECTED IDs, but does not support TSS. Please extend this support to TSS, as TSS implemented PROTECTED in a similar manner to RACF.
    6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

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