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Communication Protocols

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Support to process files from Multiple Sub-Folders in a single FTP/SFTP connection

Hi Team, We have a requirement where we need to integrate with partners having one FTP/SFTP connection and multiple subfolders. The files should be picked up or placed in different sub-folders within the same FTP/SFTP depending on the message type...
19 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Needs more information

Support to process files from Multiple Sub-Folders in a single FTP/SFTP connection

Hi Team, We have a requirement where we need to integrate with partners having one FTP/SFTP connection and multiple subfolders. The files should be picked up or placed in different sub-folders within the same FTP/SFTP depending on the message type...
19 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 0 Submitted

Config Hub - Protocol - Connection Description feature to Company/Trading Partner resources/connections view under the each Customer.

Customers/B2Bi SaaS wants to see more information like connection description along with connection name under the Connections section in Config Hub for each Config Hub Customer. Currently we have the only fields/columns available with the names a...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 0 Needs more information

SAP ALE Adapter - Support Connecting to Load Balanced SAP Environment

IBM Sterling B2B Integration SaaS platform does not support connecting to load balanced SAP environment using ALE connections today. We need changes to the existing JCo properties to enable this support. This should benefit all IBM Sterling B2B In...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Under review

Send connection down status file to Inflight at configured interval (Customer specific - dynamic) when SAP connection to specific host is down for longer time

Currently we are receiving connection down/up status files to Inflight at initial times and we need one more file for connection down in order to notify the Customer if the connection to specific host down for longer time. It's sort of SEV1 issue ...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 0 Under review

Ability to trigger Status Message and Email Notification based on Protocol Delivery Event

Customer wants IBM to trigger status message generation and email notification based on protocol delivery eventsAS2 - trigger status message (success & failure) and email alerts based on positive & negative MDN'sOFTP2 - trigger status mess...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Not under consideration

Ability to HOLD data at IBM during customer's maintenance window and RELEASE it after maintenance (SAP ALE Connections)

Couple of protocols like CD allows IBM to HOLD inbound data during customer's maintenance/outage window and release it when their system is back to normal. We don't have similar "HOLD" mechanism with other protocols like SAP ALE adapter. For Proto...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Planned for future release

Option to search existing AS2 relationship based on AS2 ID under Legacy Inflight

Currently, We don't have an option to search for an existing AS2 relationship based on AS2 sender/receiver ID. We only have an option to search based on PPID or URL contains option. It will be useful if we have an option to search based on AS2 ID's.
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Not under consideration

Scheduler to call Customer REST API to pull the files from the location

There is a Customer who want us to pull their files in frequent interval times by connecting to their REST API URL. Currently we don't have scheduler in place to poll the document by using the REST API.
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Planned for future release

GET Function to be setup for API Inbound

We have a client named Zimmer BioMet whose business lays in Healthcare sector. They have alot of partner who trade EDI/NON-EDI messages via API Integration. B2BiSaas does provide API as a mode of communication but the requirement in specific to th...
6 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 0 Planned for future release