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CDU Containers - Self signed certificates

In CDU for Containers - Disable generating self signed certificate Label=CDInternal when user certificate is provided Disable generating self signed certificate for file agent when file agent is disabled cdfa.enable=n Add possibility to prov...
36 minutes ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security Submitted

Provide support for Visual Studio 2-26 in Microsoft adapter by providing a IBM webMethods Add-In for Microsoft Visual Studio 2026

Currently the webMethods Microsoft Adapter provides support only until IBM webMethods Add-In for Microsoft Visual Studio 2017. We are requesting that this support be extended until Visual Studio 2026.
about 16 hours ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Ability to Save Filters

We filter and extract 4 sets of data daily. The new filter screen is more time consuming to use since you have to use a drop down instead of just clicking in the field that needs filter criteria. Since it will now take more time, it would be very ...
1 day ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Document Tracking Submitted

Connect:Direct for containers - S3 bucket setup available before the deployment

It would be highly beneficial to make the S3 bucket setup configurable directly within the values.yml file. For applications running in the OSE environment, this type of storage is the designated method for accessing data intended for transmission...
2 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Submitted

Be able to control enable/disable of Directory services dynamically for non-container based MWS installation

Hello Team, We normally use ./mws.sh getConfig ... commands to get the configuration information from DB onto the local and be able to manipulate the local file for various MWS configurations. One such requirement we have is to be able to control ...
2 days ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Add delta/incremental snapshot support to productAvailabilitySnapshot.v2 — return only SKUs changed since a specified time

Currently, the productAvailabilitySnapshot.v2 event publishes a full snapshotof all SKUs every time it runs, regardless of whether those SKUs have had anychanges since the last snapshot. This means consumers must download, parse,and process the en...
3 days ago in Inventory Visibility Submitted

Add a clear EOF indicator to the productAvailabilitySnapshot.v2 event stream

The current End-of-File (EOF) message for the productAvailabilitySnapshot.v2event is indistinguishable from an empty or malformed payload. There is noexplicit field, flag, or marker that programmatically identifies it as theintentional end of a sn...
3 days ago in Inventory Visibility Submitted

Decoupling Buyer Organization from Contract/Recurring Orders to Support B2C Subscription Models

Currently, the Contract and Recurring Order functionality in IBM Sterling OMS is architected primarily for B2B scenarios, necessitating a mandatory "Buyer Organization" dependency. To support modern B2C "Subscribe & Save" or "Subscription Box"...
5 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Under review

CDWS in Containers - files permissions default set up during the deployment

The following files/directories should be properly secured by default during deployment by disabling read access for "Others". We need this to be delivered upfront, which would speed up the deployment and ensure consistent configuration security a...
5 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Submitted

CDWS in Containers - additional options accessible before the deployment

Connect Direct Web Services for containers should allow to have more control before the deployment. We need to have the following parameters delivered upfront from values.yaml to setup in OpenShift environment, what would speed up the deployment a...
5 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Submitted

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