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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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System is able to define availability change event and publish availability on every change to multiple external systems both at node level and network level.

System is able to define availability change event and publish availability on every change to multiple external systems both at node level and network level. We need this feature same as RTAM in Sterling where inventory can be published.
almost 5 years ago in Inventory Visibility 2 Functionality already exists

Allow devtoolkit_docker/runtime/ApplicationManagerClient/client.jar to be downloaded directly from the SST

This is an issue for Mac developers after each cloud devtoolkit upgrade. The problem for Mac user is we have to rely on devtoolkit_docker/runtime/ApplicationManagerClient/client.jar to open the configurator. However, every devtoolkit upgrade, the ...
over 2 years ago in Self Service Tool 2 Functionality already exists

Net Usage in Where Used Widget

I have received a request from one of the users and I think it could be a good enhancement to the tool. I was asked if the Net Consumption could be added in the "Where Used" widget that can be pulled in the Items tab. Where use Widget This informa...
over 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 4 Functionality already exists

Allowing changing of shipping service of shipment through BUC

Changing shipping service of orders (FROM UPS 2nd day to next day or vice versa ) is an important functionality which is being perfromed by support team on day to day basis.
over 2 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Functionality already exists

COGNOS REPORT- Can the reports can be published to any FTP locations.

Is there a way to send the Cognos report to FTP location rather than emailing the cognos report as an attachment. Currently we are sending the Report via email which customer need to download and put it in a location to process it further. So they...
over 2 years ago in Self Service Tool 1 Functionality already exists

Support Partial Cancellation in Reservation

There are use cases when a partial cancellation is needed on an existing reservation before the reservation is consumed e.g. a reservation was made during cart but as items are removed from the cart, partial cancellation has to happen before the f...
over 5 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Functionality already exists

Inactivity Session Timeout Controls - Administrator Accounts

The administrative consoles for the Sterling External Authentication Server do not contain inactivity session timeout settings. This is not in compliance with our security procedures that require implementation of automatic system timeouts that en...
over 5 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 1 Functionality already exists

Inactivity Session Timeout Controls - Administrator Accounts

The administrative consoles for the Sterling Secure Proxy do not contain inactivity session timeout settings. This is not in compliance with our security procedures that require implementation of automatic system timeouts that end user sessions af...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Functionality already exists

Filtering out inactive items for inventory publish from IV service

Current IV service publishes different events for inventory updates. Throughout the year, there are multiple SKUs that become inactive and are not sold anymore. IBM OMS has an option to maintain active flag for an item, but the IV service doesn't ...
almost 3 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Functionality already exists

Break Links between Sales Order and Transfer / Purchase Order

At DalTile, we create sales orders linked with either transfer or purchase orders depending on where the item is sourced from. The reason is that inventory does not exist at the store and the customer order needs to be directly tied to the incomin...
almost 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 8 Functionality already exists