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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...
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...

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Support for ORacle 23c

A we are upgrading to Oracle 23c we use it for SFG and would like to make sure there is support for this release of Oracle DB.
22 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Planned for future release

Restrict user access to Monitoring section

We have a monitoring team that should not have access to deployment or any section which will make any changes in the environment. Their job is to only monitor the environment. It would be helpful if we could restrict their access to Monitoring ta...
about 1 month ago in Self Service Tool 1 Planned for future release

Support current SFTP/SSH host key and public key algorithms.

Sterling currently only supports ssh-rsa algorithm for host and public key. this is limiting sftp transfers with our new SFTP partners. New SFTP servers like Azure SFTP doesnt support ssh-rsa for host key algorithm. https://learn.microsoft.com/en-...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Planned for future release

Enable New ProcessingFlags 4/5/6 to support complex implementations

We are currently supporting ProcessingFlags 1/2/3 only in GIODE. These processing flags are preserved and passed to down stream flows (from parent to child processes). They are available in rule conditions as well to decide data routing. We would ...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 1 Planned for future release

Have the ability to edit the form view when opening an item from workflow or work queues

I have come to notice that, if I open an item from Workflow or from Work Queues, I do not have the same option to edit the form view that I do when I open an item from the Items tab. For some materials, I would be interested in different fields, a...
about 1 month ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Single Sign-on (SSO) with SAML or OIDC authentication is required for the Sterling User Interfaces (UIs), including C:D, SSP, SEAS, SFG, SCCM and SCCD. Migration from a legacy LDAP connection to a federated (SAML or OIDC) connection is required for all UIs, by US Federal Agencies.

This is required to comply with US Federal Security requirements mandated to all US Federal Agencies.
about 1 month ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 3 Planned for future release

Add "Source Reference Number" field in Inflight for document search and reporting purposes

Customer wants IBM to add "Source Reference Number" field in InFlight portal for searching their SAP outbound documents and also make it available in reports (outbound & summary reports). Typically we update "IDOC Number" from translation map ...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 2 Planned for future release

Description of available Analytics Data Sources

I would like to have available a 'cheat sheet' that describes what data all of the various Analytics Data Sources (Live Export Details, Snapshot Inventory History, etc.) include and what they are meant to capture. We are trying to encourage our us...
about 2 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Ability to HOLD data at IBM during customer's maintenance window and RELEASE it after maintenance (SAP ALE Connections)

Couple of protocols like CD allows IBM to HOLD inbound data during customer's maintenance/outage window and release it when their system is back to normal. We don't have similar "HOLD" mechanism with other protocols like SAP ALE adapter. For Proto...
about 2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Planned for future release

Enable option to view the code-list entries on Config Hub user interface

Can you please check and add an option where we can view the code-list entries directly on config hub screen instead of downloading csv file or checkout and quick edit options. we have this option on Config Center where we can view the code-list e...
2 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 0 Planned for future release