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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...
36 minutes 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...
10 minutes 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...
about 18 hours 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...
about 18 hours 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...
about 21 hours 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"
1 day 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...
2 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Submitted

Error Insights

Problem Statement There is big room for IBM to improve the text associated with the internal error messages, such as the 404 error and 500 error. Currently, error messages in MIO provide limited guidance on the underlying cause of the issue. As a ...
2 days ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization Submitted

Multiple integrated C:D file agent instances on Windows

When using the integrated file agent on a C:D hub to access multiple file shares the service account may need to be a member of multiple groups, each of which may have multiple sub-groups, causing the user’s token, which includes all group securit...
2 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration Submitted

In BTF Service Configuration, only ZIP is supported as the Container Type for BTU orders

Issue: Specific to container files according to requirements container type can be SVC/XML/ZIP. When we check on the BTF service configuration we can only see blank/ZIP given for BTU/BTD orders Expected behavior : Even if the dropdown does not con...
2 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Standards Submitted

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