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Need to get exact reason for failure while submitting connection creation on CH using AI

I am trying to create a new AS2 relationship on EU CH CTE using JSON form, but I am receiving following error. An exception was thrown while processing the request. Retry after sometime. If the issue persists, contact IBM Support. Instead of recei...
17 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Config Hub Functionality already exists

Order sourcing - Date Optimization for Cost based sourcing configuration

For a B2B Customer, we have business use case of sourcing orders, that are required to be optimized on the respective Driver Date (Ship Date/Delivery Date), whilst that happens it has to consider the lowest cost to fulfill.
about 1 month ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Functionality already exists

We need item level (active/inactive) Flag, to decide whether to publish inventory or not. This flag should be incorporated into both active sync and full sync queries.

We are currently facing issue with Inventory Snapshot publishing for items that we do not wants to publish the inventory details. These items may have been de-activated or it's not part of active catalog or due to compliance issue we do not wants ...
2 months ago in Inventory Visibility Functionality already exists

Ability to add the Client division as it was feasible on Config Center

When we create a new map, The Division field is limited to 4 characters only. This field should be increased to minimum of 8 characters, so when we create a new map to the existing customer, the division name matches with the old maps.
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation Functionality already exists

Enable Map Deletion Functionality in Config Hub (Parity With Config Center)

In Config Center, users had the ability to directly delete maps through the UI using a dedicated Delete button. This allowed quick correction when: A wrong map was imported by mistake A map needed to be removed or renamed A test or obsolete ...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding Functionality already exists

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...
5 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Functionality already exists

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...
6 months ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Functionality already exists

Certify NetApp S3 Object Storage with Connect:Direct

Usage of Non-AWS S3 based object storage is increasing with NetApp NAS filers being amongst the leaders in this space.
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) Functionality already exists

Sterling to support Active Directory or Entra (security) group

Active Directory Security group help our organization to 1. process MACD especially Add and Remove members 2. managerial attestation (employees are removed from accessing Sterling as soon as he/she leaves the company. In our case, we have many int...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration Functionality already exists

Image build process without root privileges

User Story: For the current build process buildah is used in the base image and this requires the image to run in privileged mode. In our company we are using kubernetes to run containerd as a runtime to host shared gitlab runner which are used to...
8 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Functionality already exists

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