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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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Enhance the MQ adapters to allow the Connectivity to Gateway Queue Managers

Due to performance considerations, it's necessary to load balance the high volume loading of queue managers. We need the ability to connect to MQ Gateway queue managers and allow them to facilitate the balancing of data across the multiple queue m...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Future consideration

enhance Database-Adapter for Oracle to provide insert all statement

due to the performance problems when inserting many rows to oracle database in WAN environment, we need the option of executing an INSERT ALL statement out of the card to target oracle DB. Is it possible to implement this feature to ITX? Single ro...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Planned for future release

Copy/Paste Mappings

Currently every time you map an object you need to go through the picker. If mappings are the same or similar it would save time to be able to copy and paste them.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Enhancement for ZIP Adapter

ZIP adapter works only with files at present to decompress the zipped data. We request for a enhancement similar to GZIP, where we can decompress using options such as below. for example, the below rule cannot be used in case of a ZIP adapter, GET...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Not under consideration

WTX doesnt support REFCURSOR type from Oracle DB

REFCURSORs are NOT supported by the WTX Oracle adapter.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 1 Not under consideration

WebSphere Data Interchange z/OS 3.3.0 and DB2 V12 for z/OS compatibility

From PMR# 43108,227,000, the latest supported DB2 version for WDI 3.3 on z/OS is V11. We are planning to upgrade to DB2 for z/OS V12 soon. Is WDI 3.3 compatible with DB2 V12, and are there any PTFs required to be compatible with DB2 V12 (function ...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender 2 Functionality already exists

SSP Custom User Roles

Right now SSP currently allows for two user roles (Admin, Operator)within the application. We would like to be able to create custom roles based on specific user requirements so exact permissions can be assigned.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 1 Future consideration

Make Sterling Secure Proxy perform DNS resolution at the connection time

Currently SSP Engines only perform DNS lookups when the configuration is loaded from the configuration manager. This should be changed so that DNS resolution is performed at the time of a connection, when a node's configuration is accessed.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 0 Not under consideration

SCC needs a configuration reporting function

SCC needs a configuration reporting feature that allows users to determine the way in which objects are configured. Auditing of the application is an incredibly tedious process of checking every screen for every configuration item in the applicati...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Utility option to a view only mode for SSP configuration

Currently the only way to view a configuration (Adapter, netmap,policy, etc ) is to open it for editing. This causes unnecessary riskto accidentally make changes of production configurations.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration