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Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC)

Add more control for rolling updates in OMS containerized environment

For largescale enterprise clients with high resource demand and resource quotas it wouldbe benificial to add more control for the rolling update process. Please add the parameters maxUnavailable and maxSurge (and other parameters from the K8s API ...
16 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted

Native merge support for Operator-managed CR properties and ConfigMap-mounted customer_overrides.properties in IBM Sterling OMS

The Sterling OMS Operator supports two independent mechanisms for supplying customer_overrides.properties content: CR-managed properties, injected via propertyRef (ConfigMap-backed) and secretKeyRef (Secret-backed) entries in the custom resource...
10 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted

Optimization of Order Service (OS) Elastic Search Query Load During Peak OMS Data Sync

During peak business hours, we observe a significant spike in Elasticsearch CPU utilization when the Order Management System (OMS) syncs order state changes to Order Service (OS) as part of normal inline lifecycle updates. Based on our analysis, d...
20 days ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted

Enhance Search Order Functionality to Support Selective Index Targeting

The Order Service API currently performs wide-range searches across the entire collection of historical indices. There is no mechanism in place to restrict the search scope to a specific subset of indices or a logical time window, forcing the syst...
about 2 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted

Elasticsearch 9.x Support for Order Service

We are planning an infrastructure upgrade to Elasticsearch 9.x to leverage its latest advanced features, most notably its native serverless architecture capabilities. Upgrading to a version 9 baseline will allow us to achieve modern scalability, o...
3 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted

Enable OMS to Support Multiple SIP Endpoints for Multi‑Organization / Multi‑Market Deployments

IBM Sterling OMS natively supports multiple organizations, enterprises, and markets within a single OMS instance. This is a core capability that allows businesses to run multiple brands or geographies from a unified OMS platform. However, OMS curr...
6 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted