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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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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.

Connect:Direct for Zos Suports Object Storage

Connect:Direct for Zos does not support send/receiving files from/to Object Storages. Customers are urging that functionality for AWS and Azure.
16 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 3 Under review

OSA Parameter to add CD server in to CCM/CCD group

Currently CD is pushing OSA events to CCD/CCM and it is discovering the CD nodes display information along with CD Server status and CD Agent in CCD / CCM.Now OSA Parameter to add CD server in to CCM/CCD group.

Lookup inventory by location takes long

When lookup inventory is done by location, we are seeing a lot of latency (upto 20 mins!) when fetching a location which has 36k SKUs.
23 days ago in Store Engagement / Performance 1 Under review

Put away multiple SKUs to one location

Today, when stores receive cartons, there are multiple SKUs within a single carton. We are doing put away at carton level to reduce the time spent by the store users. As more often than not, all SKUs in the carton go to single destination location...
23 days ago in Store Engagement / APIs & SDKs 0 Under review

Retry in HTTP adapter using GET function

This is follow up to case TS013933434. Requesting for retry option in HTTP adapter within GET() function. Sample rule: GET("HTTP","-METHOD PUT -URL %sequenceapi_url%&type=ulid&format=ccyy-999999")
2 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Under review

Native D2C Subscriptions Module

As the world of retail and consumer goods is shifting towards more subscription based revenue formats, our customers have been asking for the ability to group subscription related functionality in a native subscription module. Capabilities would i...
28 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Under review

Enable Config Hub UI to Select the Core System Map 'bldvda' in Outbound VDA Envelope for IBMers Only

VDA 4913 Outbound Interchange Header 711 version 03 vs 02 issue. Config Hub currently has Outbound envelope limitation issue which could create a blockage for future VDA onboardings for current and future clients. According to a current client req...
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 1 Under review

File Encoding Not Properly Reflected in InFlight UI

The "Encoding" option in the InFlight UI currently displays "default," which does not provide meaningful information to the user. As a result, users must download the file, open it in a text editor such as Notepad++, and manually check the actual ...
5 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight (beta) 3 Under review

Sterling to support Active Directory or Entra (security) group

Active Directory Security group help our organization to 1. process MACD especially Add and Remove members 2. managerial attestation (employees are removed from accessing Sterling as soon as he/she leaves the company. In our case, we have many int...
9 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Under review