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SFG Redelivers files multiple times once Redeliver button is triggered from SFG UI.

Current Behavior: When the SFG operator/user wants to redeliver/replay one/multiple files and ticks on the checkbox before the file name (as shown in Fig1) then this/these files are put into queue for redeliver/replay and are picked-up by the “Fil...
7 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

EDIFACT Control Number override parameters are not unique

Hello Team, In our current implementation, we are attempting to override the EDIFACT control numbers present in both the UNB and UNH segments. However, through investigation with the PMR, we discovered that the Override parameters are being reused...
3 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Submitted

ITXA should require user passwords be changed at least yearly. Preferably every 90 days.

End user passwords are not forced to be reset. According to best practice security standards they shoudl be changed every 90 days or yearly. ITXA has no forced password change functionality. There shoudl be foreced password change based on time. F...
3 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Submitted

Add ITX ACHIVE(ZIP) Adapter support on ITXA.

We are using ITXA for ITX map processing and there was an expectation that ITXA supports all ITX Adapters. However, that is not the case, as we recently discovered that ITXA does not support ZIP Adapter use in our ITX maps when run on ITXA. Althou...
9 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 1 Submitted

Add support in SEAS for configuring the number of failed password attempts before account lockout.

Currently, SEAS does not provide an option to set or customize the number of failed password attempts before locking an account. This limitation prevents administrators from enforcing organization-specific security policies.The requested enhanceme...
2 months ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 2 Needs more information

view partner details without having edit access

Our support team often need to view SFG partner details (profile/account/protocol/community membership) to troubleshoot issues, however we want it to be view-only access. We currently cant provide access to view that information without adding a u...
7 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

SPE Transformation Service adding CDATA for Process Data update

CDATA is adding a prefix in process data for ITXA transformation when actual data contains "&" in the input file which is causing the issue. Currently, with SI transformation/translation service, the prefix is not getting added. However, in...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Under review

Add native support for connecting to Db2 using TLS 1.3 in IBM ITXA

Our ITXA instances (version 10.x) run on RHEL 8 and connect to Db2 11.5.9 databases. Security policy mandates that all encrypted channels move to TLS 1.3 by Q4 2025. Db2 has offered TLS 1.3 since 11.5.8, enabled with SSL_VERSIONS TLSV12,TLSV13 .Ho...
9 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 1 Submitted

Archival of old version of codelist,Maps and envelope

Archiving of old unused maps or code list
4 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Under review

SFG integration with Mainframe SFTP server Co:Z

Hi Team, We have SFTP server on mainframe using product CO:Z. In order to send files from open system to mainframe we have to set DCB parameters. Along with we want to trigger processes on mainframe. ls /+mode=text ,lrecl=80,recfm=fb,space=cyl.5.5...
7 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration