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Control Center to provide a traffic summary report with total number of files sent/received by a customer/vendor/partner.

We could use a feature in Control Center where it tracks the total number of transfers by endpoint or partner. We have a business need to know how many transfers we completed with a partner for a given month.
6 months ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Delivered

Duplicate rules and/or actions in Control Center 6.2.1

Prior to version 6.2, rules and/or actions could be duplicated by using the classic console. During the duplication action, the user changes the necessary information in order to make the new rule/action unique. I don't see a way to do this in ver...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Delivered

Consolidate all ICC admin functionality under Web Console.

Currently functions in ICC such as creating SLC's for all types other then simple SLC and creating/managing DVGs all must be done through the Classic Console. Besides the inconvenience of switching back and forth between the Web Console and Classi...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Delivered

More Flexibility Needed for Control Center Web Console time out.

I know that in Control Center 6.1.3, the maximum amount of time for the Web console is 30 minutes. Please add an enhancement that gives administrators more flexibility in expanding this beyond 30 minutes. This is needed for our shop because the Ba...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Delivered

Auto alert facility when an adapter or any component is down.

Hi IBM Team, As of today, there is no alerting functionality in SSP or SEAS if an important component or adapter is down. Would be good if some default error reporting via different channels like email etc. could be incorporated in the Production.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting / Usability 2 Delivered

Control Center rules: Time value key needed

I currently have a Control Center rule setup for message ID's CCTR135I or CCTR138I. I want to be alerted if inserts or retrievals take 1 minute or more. I do not see a way to do this currently with the keys that are available. Right now, I have it...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting / Usability 2 Delivered

Control Center - Self Performance Monitoring

We can monitor log files to account for this shortcoming to catch it while it is occurring, however, we would ideally be using the monitoring built in to application (Control Center) to discern when the application is in a distressed state.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 2 Delivered

Test and Certify Control Center 6.0.0.1 and 6.1.1 for Windows Server 2016

Shops that are setting up new server environments are starting to move towards Windows Server 2016. Having versions 6.0.0.1 and 6.1.1 both tested and certified to run on Windows Server 2016 would help keep the server environments more standardized...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Delivered

Control Center: Add Free Text Field tab for slc's

Please add a tab to Control Center slc's where slc managers can enter free text. It could allow them to add instructions/additional information.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Delivered

Control Center 6.0 Web Console Enhancement #3

Currently it is possible to interface with other systems such as Connect Direct and Sterling B2B Integrator and File Gateway from the Java console. This functionality is not currently present in the Web console.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Delivered