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Master Data Governance functionality

this feature was advertised for Q1/Q2 2025 but has not been delivered and no information about the delay exists anywhere, is this coming soon?

Automating Work Queue

In certain circumstances there would be an efficiency if a Work Queue could be automated, either completely or under certain conditions (Ex. If a material in the Min Max increase/decrease, if it matches a Business Impact selected, or for certain v...
2 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Functionality already exists

Ability to create DET's on currency table to account for significant variations in the exchange rate

We encountered a situation where currency conversion has been applied in a separate SAP table which is not part of the standard connectors extract. That's result in values in MIO being incorrectly displayed and MIO and associated analytics reports...
9 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Allow editing of fields on the item record despite a D or E error.

More and more, IBM MIO is becoming a highly visible data source for our company, and sometimes I would like to change something like lead time, unit price, etc. while NOT exporting parameters. This is not an issue UNLESS the item has a calculation...
23 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Functionality already exists

Allow manual parameter setting (Define min/max, hold one issue, hold zero issues, etc.) despite an E RO error.

Currently, I am unable to set manual reorder values if an item has an E RO error. Since I do not need the tool's recommendations in these cases, I would rather not have to adjust my settings to clear the error before I set the parameters.
23 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

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...
6 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 1 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...
6 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

Work on Multiple mailboxes using Myfg2.0

Hi Team, We have requirement to have one user access to multiple mailboxes. This has been configured for one of user - producer1. Using myfilegateway, we can list all the partner mailboxes and upload files. But on myfg2.0 , the partner name is not...
5 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 0 Submitted

Ability to manage multiple SSH Authorized user keys for a Partner

Currently we can only add/associate one SSH key to a user account from SFG UI. We need to go to SBI dashboard to associate multiple SSH keys to a user ID. This is a limitation within SFG UI but also adds a risk for user accounts which already have...
9 months ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 2 Planned for future release

Allow inventory supervisors the access to stop processing an SLC CR on behalf of the inventory team member that is currently processing the CR, but is out of the office.

It would be useful in the case of an inventory controller being out of the office and a site needs an SLC CR actioned ASAP. It would benefit the flow of production. All inventory supervisors would have access that would enable them to stop process...
over 1 year ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration