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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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MFA support for SFG via OpenID connect or SAML

Currently SFG does not support MFA. We would like to have MFA support via OpenID connect or SAML due to security reasons in our company. Suggested workaround via Secured Jump Host is not compliant to our internal regulations.
5 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 1 Submitted

MFA for B2B dashboard (Other Sterling Products)

Would be nice to have MFA capability for the B2B dashboard (and other Sterling products like SEAS/SSP/) for the internal administrators without having to configure something through SSP and SEAS. Looking for a way to do MFA for internal users as t...
about 19 hours ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Submitted

Support multiple file types for the same order type

In the German flavour of EBICS v2.x the file types are implied as documented in the EBICS addendum and German (and other) market documents. Mostly each order type corresponds to a single file type but there are cases where the same order type can ...
1 day ago in Sterling File Gateway / Standards 0 Submitted

Quick actions from Lookup Inventory

Objective: Introduce location‑level Quick Actions directly within the Item Lookup screen, allowing store associates to initiate common SIM inventory tasks without navigating away from the lookup context. Each eligible location line includes a “Qui...
4 days ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Submitted

Align Retention of Filter/Search Criteria Functionality Across Code List/Mapping/Transformations/Connections for Consistent Behavior

Currently when using the Search Bar in Code List/Mapping/Transformations, the functionality is inconsistent across all three. Search in Mapping (partial or full name search) then click into any of the maps that come up to review it.  To go ba...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 2 Under review

Automating Control Center (CC) installation and configuration externally parameters to pass

Currently, during the execution of configCC.sh, configuration parameters are typically provided in interactive mode, or they are read from the static configuration script runConfigCCSample.sh, where values are hardcoded. For automation purposes, t...

Show the filename in the Job report within Configuration Hub

When troubleshooting or reviewing completed jobs, it would be helpful to see the filename that was used for the job. The "Job specifics report" could show the filename.
22 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Submitted

Simple Report on user or IP and the Cipher/Algorith/Mac/Key Exchange they used to connect for the SSP

This is useful information for larger organizations who need to deprecate older ciphers/algorithms/key exchanges. If you don't own/purchase CCM there isnt' a way to do easily do this. Which is odd since the information is contained in the SSP logs...
6 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Reporting 0 Submitted

Externalizing initparm.cfg configuration Using ConfigMaps and Secrets

In IBM Connect:Direct containerized deployments running on OpenShift, the initparm.cfg file is generated exclusively during the installation phase and is not designed for dynamic updates. As a result, configuring or modifying integrations with clo...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

Improvements to the B2B API framework

B2Bi customers are making large time, resource, and budget investments in automation. These automation projects rely heavily on the B2Bi API framework. The current API framework and documentation do not lend itself to large scale automation projec...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 1 Submitted