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    Quick actions from Lookup Inventory

    Objective: Introduce location‑level Quick Actions directly within the Item Lookup screen, allowing store associates to initiate common SIM inventory tasks without navigating away from the lookup context. Each eligible location line includes a “Qui...
    3 days ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Submitted

    MARKET SYNC GOOGLE.com/CLOUD SHELL Container ENABLE ORACLE JAVA ENTERPRISE SQL server MANAGEMENT ROBOT DEPLOYER(s(JOB))EXECUTION intall workload PROUDCE FILE.SETUP then initialize errorless SQL queried(S)

    PROUCT programming CREATING DATASCIENCE including TECHNOLOGY upgraded VERSION of ORCHESTRATION manipulating OFFLINE/ONLINE DIRECTION WORKFLOW syncing SHELL CLOUD GOOGLE https://jackiesfilms.verify.ibm.com/ui/admin ADMINISTRATOR GMAIL client from P...
    3 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Performance 0 Submitted

    Externalizing initparm.cfg configuration Using ConfigMaps and Secrets

    In IBM Connect:Direct containerized deployments running on OpenShift, the initparm.cfg file is generated exclusively during the installation phase and is not designed for dynamic updates. As a result, configuring or modifying integrations with clo...
    about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

    Improvements to the B2B API framework

    B2Bi customers are making large time, resource, and budget investments in automation. These automation projects rely heavily on the B2Bi API framework. The current API framework and documentation do not lend itself to large scale automation projec...
    about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Submitted

    Actions after a file is copied to a Azure Blob

    As soon as the file is copied to connect direct and is persisted in a BLOB Object Store in Azure, customer needs to move/copy this file to another path/blob and/or delete this file directly from the cdp as a sysopt or some kind of task, but not us...
    3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 7 Future consideration

    Allow Concurrent Access to FileAgent rules. if not lock the access until rules are applied

    Integrated file Agent allows concurrent access for multiple users which mean rules or config can be overwritten. Enhancement request is to either Allow safe concurrent access where user wont trip on each other rules If that is not possible, at...
    25 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Under review

    Support IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS run on IBM i 7.6

    In April 2025, IBM released version 7.6 of IBM i, the successor to IBM i 7.5.However, we have been informed by the Offering Manager that, at this time, there are no plans to support IBM i 7.6 for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS, which has hi...
    5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 7

    Support for Arbitrary User ID in IBM Connect:Direct Container Images

    Modify the Connect:Direct container image to enable running it with a random UID. OpenShift Security Context Constraints (SCCs) assign random user IDs at runtime while maintaining group ID 0 (root group) for security purposes. This security model...
    about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 3 Planned for future release

    CDWS in Containers - certificate.finger.print parameter

    Connect Direct Web Services for containers should allow to setup the certificate.finger.print parameter before deployment. Currently CDWS requires to start the deployment, then setup the certificate.finger.print value and restart the deployment. H...
    25 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2

    JSON Validation on ITX maps

    We have a requirement to implement a JSON validator for the files sent by the customer. The key requirement is to return a 400-error response synchronously if the incoming JSON is invalid, including detailed error information in the response body....
    6 days ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Under review

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