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Actions after a file is copied to a Azure Blob

As soon as the file is copied to connect direct and is persisted in a BLOB Object Store in Azure, customer needs to move/copy this file to another path/blob and/or delete this file directly from the cdp as a sysopt or some kind of task, but not us...
9 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Submitted

Support IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS run on IBM i 7.6

In April 2025, IBM released version 7.6 of IBM i, the successor to IBM i 7.5.However, we have been informed by the Offering Manager that, at this time, there are no plans to support IBM i 7.6 for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS, which has hi...
2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 7 Planned for future release

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.
26 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 3 Functionality already exists

CDWS API for the update Key Certificates with certificate path

Currently The API /cdwebconsole/svc/securepluskeycertificate is looking for "certificateData": "", which needed certificate content to be copied but it would be good if the API allows us to provide the certificate and use it.
25 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 2 Future consideration

API required in CDWS for cfgcheck

Currently, CD UNIX provides the cfgcheck script, which validates the following configuration files: initparm.cfg userfile.cfg netmap.cfg Default_Config.json This script performs validation and reports any configuration issues, including duplicate ...
27 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 2 Future consideration

Cancel Move from Adhoc Move screen

Today, in Store Inventory Management (SIM), during an Adhoc movement, if the user clicks on the 'X' button, the movement is saved and moves to 'In progress'. But there is no way to search within the 'In progress' to see the movement for a specific...
13 days ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration

Movement confirmation message to show number of items

Today when users do a bulk/adhoc movement, the confirmation message doesn't show the number of items that is being moved. Scenario for ADHOC: Consider a scenario where store user scanned 20 items, but only 19 got scanned successfully (one barcode ...
15 days ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Submitted

Capability to scan destination location without having to first "select" location

When executing a putaway task, user first scans the source location and then the SKUs. User then proceeds to the next page to deposit the product, but even if the destination text box with a scanning icon is present, user is NOT able to scan the d...
about 2 months ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Under review

Connect:Direct limitation retrieving files from Amazon S3 subdirectories.

Connect:Direct has a known limitation when retrieving files from Amazon S3 subdirectories. If you attempt to retrieve ( GET ) a file located in a specific subfolder within a bucket (e.g., /folder1/file), and the user does not have permission to ac...
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 2 Future consideration

Audits / Movement history of products on UI

Today in Store Inventory Management, when an user does a Bulk/Adhoc move, it displays the move complete with the source, target location and qty moved for the SKU. But when you exit this screen, it is not possible to go back and see what movement ...
2 months ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration