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Show data for deleted items

Provide read access to data for materials that have been deleted. Currently I must keep an offline database of all historical materials so that I have a baseline for reporting progress metrics, because any materials flagged for deletion in SAP are...
3 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Submitted

Support in the OMS Agentic AI toolkit for consuming and referencing documents stored in external repositories.

Currently, AI agents lack the ability to access or utilize external documents, limiting their effectiveness in real-world enterprise scenarios. The enhancement request is to enable: Integration with external document sources (e.g., SharePoint, blo...
3 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted

User login based logo and customization for AI chatbot

Enable dynamic branding and messaging customization in the chatbot based on the CSR’s assigned enterprise or organizational context. Currently, the AI chatbot supports only a static logo and uniform messaging for all users. The enhancement request...
3 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted

Logging and troubleshooting of AI agent

We request enhanced logging and analysis capabilities for AI interactions to support effective troubleshooting. Currently, available logs and trace levels are insufficient to diagnose issues, especially for non-reproducible scenarios. The solution...
3 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted

Clean up sub-directories in purge process

Global Mailbox purge only removes files from the storage bucket. This means that over time the filesystem is left with a very large number of empty sub-directories which slows down processing and extends backup times due to the need to backup thou...
3 days ago in Global Mailbox Submitted

Change Control Integration in Sterling PEM

When Sterling PEM Admin Users / B2B Ops Teams perform Trading Partner onboarding, there can be ancillary IT tasks such as firewall/network setups, certificate/key updates, backend ERP configuration updates, etc. Orgs employ Change Control Manageme...
4 days ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Workflows Submitted

Native OAUTH2.0 and OIDC Support for IDP federation in Sterling PEM

Sterling PEM today does not have OAUTH2.0/OIDC support to IDPs (Eg: Azure AD, Okta, etc). Typically implementation would pivot to use SAML2.0 via Sterling Secure Proxy, but Customers may not want to use SSP for auth and instead prefer native OAUTH...
4 days ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Security Submitted

Support OAuth2 Modern Authentication Methods besides Legacy Methods in Trading Networks

The current IBM webMethods B2B Trading Networks only supports legacy authentication methods such as Basic Authentication in Partner Profiles. This limits the ability to connect with partners which require OAuth2 authentication without implementing...
4 days ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Have the ability to code in the "user authorization record" to limit concurrent transfers/sessions a mapping can have at ONE time.

So one UserID on a Node cannot use up all the allocated "SECONDARY SESSION"
4 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS Submitted

UAT testing by key user community members

Problem Statement Recent releases have unintentionally impacted MIO data (e.g., loss of thousands of workflow items), leading to significant rework. Request Introduce a pre-release validation step where updates are deployed to a sandbox (or simila...
5 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Submitted

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