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More Robust Alerting Options

Currently using out-of-the-box functionality, we can send e-mail alerts or use sms messages to our phones based on the criteria we enter in rules/actions. E-mails are well and good, but for system outages, we prefer sms messaging. Unfortunately, o...
5 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 0 Under review

Request Control Center to support Korean file name displayed correctly.

Korean file name transfer between ConnectDirect works well. And Korean file names are displayed correctly in the Connect:Direct log. However, Korean file names are not displayed correctly in the Control Center. Please refer to Case TS002022528 ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 0 Future consideration

Error Suppression for Similar Errors

ICC treats each event independently, but when one issue causes many failures (e.g. remote Trading Partner server down), users are alerted for each failed transfer. There should be logic to suppress similar errors within a specific time window.
about 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 1 Functionality already exists

Let Control Center have the ability to monitor critical database system events on a monitored SI server

Today, if a B2BI node looses its connection to the database server, it sends out an email. I would like Control Center to have the ability to detect if that event has occurred and send out an alert.
almost 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 3 Future consideration

Sending SMS support for IBM Control Center

IBM Control Center can send snmp traps, emails. Our client in middle east shared that if ICC could send sms that would be excellent
about 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 1 Functionality already exists

Duration Schedule SLC-Generated Message -CSLC043E does not contain detailed information

We have designed one Work flow SLC with Metadata Rule and actions to work on events posted by ITXA. There is also one rule created based on message id: CSLC043E , Event Type: SLC Notification to trigger an alert if Workflow/Milestone/Step/Process ...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 0 Not under consideration

IBM Countrol Center File transfer count threshold

I have a scenario as below.Generate alerts when an expected traffic (transaction count) from a customer is above or below the defined threshold. This threshold value should be configurable based on the partner and transaction type. This should als...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 0 Future consideration

Request for a new option non_durable in ICC

The monitor target is IBM MQMFT. MQ application has a non-durable option, but that is not supported by ICC. It is a critical option so that ICC can set it to non-durable to avoid fill up the local file system on the MQ server due to a high volume ...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 0 Future consideration

Control Center (6.0): Control Center Reports URL Address

When a report is run from Control Center, another window is open and in the address bar of the window is the host name of the server where Control Center is running. Depending on the environment, this page may not display unless a user changes the...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 0 Functionality already exists

AUTH NTLM authentication

Currently the IBM Control Center supports SMTP AUTH LOGIN only with, and our environment is set up for the authentication method of your SMTP server is NTLM auth. We need the control center IBM's application has 2 methods for authentication via SMTP.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Other 0 Not under consideration