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PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...
PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...

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Status "Wait Queue" on SMF record

Add the Wait Queue" statuses (WC, WP, WT, and WX) in the SMF records.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Future consideration

During cancellation the Charge Amount should not get refunded when the ChargeType configured as "Non Refundable"

There could be some header charges like Donations which shouldn't get refunded when customer cancel the order. There's a existing configuration in Sterling to keep the header charges as non refundable (IsRefundable="N") however it is not working f...
over 2 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Implicit SSL is making a comeback with some sites due to its immediate application of SSL

Implicit SSL is generally not considered a best practice when setting up FTPS. The preferred alternative is Explicit SSL, which is the current standard for FTPS connections for B2B Integrator. However, some of our customers experience intense busi...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Future consideration

Manager delegation enhancement

Manager delegation for approvals currently works if the delegate is on the same team as the manger. It does not work however is the team of the person doing the delegation contains another person having the same role. Eg. Tim - Sales Manager - Tea...
over 2 years ago in OMS - Configure, Price, Quote 0 Future consideration

Provide a secure location for SaaS customers to store API secret IDs and keys so that they can more securely manage the application

As a part of any OMS implementation, integration with 3rd party external system is common. It will be great if IBM OMoC provided a secure vault solution to store API secret id and keys. For On Prem, customers could encrypt the secret id and keys. ...
over 2 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Gentran running on Windows 2019 Data Center, sorts documents by MM/DD/YYYY

Gentran running on Windows 2019 Data Center, sorts documents by:MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS It should sort as: YYYY/MM/DD HH:MM:SS YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS In Windows 2008 R2, it used to sort as YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
over 2 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Allow for Connect Direct service account to be non-interactive

For Windows servers we need the Connect Direct service account to be non-interactive (Per Windows functionality, the service account needs to perform a logging event to retrieve the properties (access/grants/rights) that the user has. For financia...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

getProperty to be able to decrypt database managed properties

If we enable property encryption by setting up the yfs.propertyencrypter.class property property encryption works only for file based properties. E.g. properties kept in the yfs.properties and yfs.properties_<module id>_ext files or customer...
almost 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

Provide for quota-free import of in-store transactions ("take sale" / "cash and carry") for use in association with blind returns / refunds

Today, we may receive the return of an unit/sku which was purchased in-store (cash-and-carry, take sale. NOT an order...) to our distribution center, within a valid return window, with a request for a full refund to the original form of payment. B...
almost 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 3 Future consideration

Batch assignment of transactions (esp returns) for agent ownership, review

The idea is three part: 1) Provide UI to allow for manual bulk assignment of tasks to individual customer care agents for work-down. 2) Allow for direct assignment/ownership of transactions/shipments to a given customer care agent, regardless of t...
almost 3 years ago in OMS - Call Center 2 Future consideration