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Message received at M & M but Inflight has not received a response that it is processed.

A report which provides more indepth information on the the Invoice details, where the file is processed from IBM side to the client but an acknowledgment is not received from client. For Example, If an autoDx invoice is processed from Trading p...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Supply Chain Business Network / Inflight 1 Not under consideration

In the BPN Tool, "Search" screen, when we search for a BA, the SCI company ID / GBilling code of a Business Alias to be displayed.

In the BPN Tool, "Search" screen, when we search for a BA, the SCI company ID / GBilling code of a Business Alias to be displayed.
over 1 year ago in Sterling Supply Chain Business Network / Other 1 Not under consideration

JMS parameters in Inflight Delivery Event Details

When the files are delivered to JMS MQ at we are able see only the JMS queue in the Inflight Event details. It would be really helpful if other JMS parameter(SenderNonEDIID, ReceiverNonEDIID & DestinationProtocolSubject) also also being captur...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Supply Chain Business Network / Other 1 Not under consideration

Request for Close all button in SPE Config:Center

The recent hyperlinking to the Next envelope name is very useful in Config Center. However, for validating one transaction set (Ex: X12 850: ST-GS-ISA 3 envelopes). I end up opening 6 windows as shown in the attached image and 6 times I need to cl...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Supply Chain Business Network / Other 0 Not under consideration

Increase max lenght for Direct Connection input fields - InFlight Protocol setups

We have situations where Trading Partners want to host direct connections like FTP, FTPs, and SFTP. Currently InFlight limits the user name field to 25 characters. We are now encountering partners that insist on using user names longer than this l...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Supply Chain Business Network / Communication Protocols 1 Not under consideration

Enable SequenceGenerationKey usage in Router Action step

Currently, SequenceGenerationKey is only enabled to use with Basic transation action. It will be very helpful if we have access to use this with other actions too. ( Example : Enveloping, Router etc )
over 1 year ago in Sterling Supply Chain Business Network / Other 1 Not under consideration

Maintain Rule versions/version manager for routing rules created under BPN support Tool

Many process flows is designed using BPN support tool. Currently if a rule is modified/updated, The only way is to search the rule update by audit logs and manually revert back the values incase there is a processing issue. Many rules are being up...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Supply Chain Business Network / Onboarding 0 Not under consideration

Compare view in InFlight for troubleshooting data transformation issues

In InFlight we have separate views where we can see the original data and the translated data through the map. It would be helpful to have compare view option in InFlight where we can see the original message and the translated message in a single...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Supply Chain Business Network / Inflight 0 Not under consideration

Change BPN Config Center initial page to have only searchbox, not list of customers

Initial page in Config Center attempts to build a list of customers, and this list can be quite lengthy. There is a search box but it cannot be used until the list build is complete. I feel that just a search box that could be immediately used wou...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Supply Chain Business Network / Other 1 Not under consideration

SFTP known host key fetch through Legacy InFlight instead of POD

Currently we do not have option to fetch known host key while setting up SFTP profile on Legacy InFlight although it is mandatory to import it to profile in order to connect to partner's SFTP. Right now procedure we follow is to fetch the knowhost...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Supply Chain Business Network / Communication Protocols 1 Not under consideration