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Request for improvement of the CONNECT DIRECT manual contents so that incompatibility information items are clearly indicated

Our client plans to upgrade Connect:Direcr for z/OS from V6.1 to V6.4 in 2025 and we need to provide them with information about incompatibilities from V6.4 to V6.1. We checked the manual of IBM Connect:Direct for z/OS 6.4 Documentaion, but there ...
11 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Functionality already exists

Connect:Direct RESTAPI at the CD nodes (including Z) support

We would like be able to use RESTAPI services to access Connect:Direct at the z/OS node level (not via CDWS) in order to handle job abends with NDM status
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 8 Functionality already exists

Generate longfile name for Connect:Direct transfers in log

We want to utilize transfer logs generated in syslog/task log to do some automation reporting and alerting. However NDM longfile name which reported in SMF type FI isn't written to syslog so we can't get full pictures for file transfers between un...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Export of Supply Audit Table

Is there an approach that would allow a user to get an audit history for all Items for a specific Tenant/Enterprise and receive the data in a format that can be converted to a CSV file. The intent is to have a business user be able to evaluate all...
almost 2 years ago in Intelligent Promising 1 Functionality already exists

Capability to update Item extended attributes.

In SIP, PATCH itemAssignedAttributes should have capability to modify or override the value in the collection field "values" of the existing itemAssignedAttribute.
over 1 year ago in Intelligent Promising 1 Functionality already exists

Configuration to control Sell and Fulfill capability at node level

Can a product feature be provided as: 1. Ability to turn ON/OFF a node for availability or fulfilment or both. 2. Ability to associate a duration on the action to turn OFF.
about 2 years ago in Intelligent Promising 1 Functionality already exists

Secure Plus Error Message Enhancement

Is there any way to capture the SNODE name for which the SSL Handshake failure occurring with the error message CAPA202E, since the affected SNODE name is not present in the same line? We are able to find SVTM055I message in the next line but it's...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Functionality already exists

Sync Supply to have a capability to just report the mismatches and not apply the differences.

We want a capability in SIP to just report / publish an event with the mismatches evaluated during the inventory synchronization flow and not always apply the same. Something similar to the " ApplyDifferences " capability in the GIV world. There a...
over 1 year ago in Intelligent Promising 1 Functionality already exists

Propagate DSNTYPE values between z/OS systems

Consider cloning the DSNTYPE values for transfers between z/OS systems by the default. Shouldn't be necessary to specify them if the source dataset must be the same as the destination
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Check the Write permission on Destination Mainframe Dataset without submitting COPY statement

Hi Team, We are trying out a way if we can check permission on target zOS Dataset on SNODE, before doing actual transfer. Like we do 'Echo Test" to test if the NDM connectivity is good between 2 NDM nodes. If we can have option in NDM to do 'Ec...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 5 Functionality already exists