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SSPcm API calling need password in API properties file

If we want to call the API in automated way then it wants us to provide the user name and password in API properties file in clear text format, mentioning passwords in clear text isn't allowed in our Organization. We need some utility via which we...
2 days ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security Submitted

Have the ability to code in the "user authorization record" to limit concurrent transfers/sessions a mapping can have at ONE time.

So one UserID on a Node cannot use up all the allocated "SECONDARY SESSION"
7 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS Submitted

Allow Promising calculation APIs to factor in a configurable remorse period when computing EDD, so post-checkout remorse hold delay is reflected in the delivery promise.

The Promising calculation APIs do not factor in the remorse hold period when computing EDD. Remorse hold is a configurable post-checkout delay (e.g., 3–4 hours) during which the order is held and not scheduled/released for fulfillment, allowing th...
1 day ago in Intelligent Promising Submitted

Support IBA (Item Based Allocation) within OMS when SIP is enabled.

IBA does not function when SIP is enabled. Inventory state and movements are owned by SIP (external to OMS), and there are no adaptors or events from SIP to OMS to trigger IBA reallocation. Confirmed by IBM Support on case TS022022526. Enhancement...
1 day ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted

Allow multiple INVENTORY resource pools per Node + Delivery Method so capacity can be tracked separately for distinct order streams (e.g., regular vs priority) at the same fulfillment center.

Today Sterling OMS enforces a uniqueness rule on Node + Delivery Method for INVENTORY-type resource pools. Attempting to create a second pool with the same combination fails with: "INV: Same attribute value can not be part of different INVENTORY ...
1 day ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted

Allow EDD and checkout-assignment APIs to accept a reservationId, consider the reservation when computing the promise, and continue sourcing rule evaluation.

The following APIs should accept a reservationId (single or list, at header or line level) in the request payload. When present, the API should consider the reservation — using the held quantity at the reserved node or network as the basis for the...
1 day ago in Intelligent Promising Submitted

AI Chatbot should provide Natural Language Input and Contextual Prompting for all relevant actions

1. AI chatbot should provide natural language input and contextual prompting. (Please see the screenshot attached for examples) 2. AI chatbot should provide contextual hint on relevant screens: When a CSR navigates to a specific action screen (e.g...
about 6 hours ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Submitted

Forcing Authorization Code over Client Credentials in an integration connector breaks fundamental integration design

The current behavior of the Salesforce Marketing Cloud native connector reflects a serious architectural misalignment that is difficult to justify in any modern integration platform. This is not about missing a feature. This is about breaking a fu...
1 day ago in webMethods B2B SaaS Submitted

Adapt SBI to the removal of "clientAuth EKU" from Public TLS certificat

By February 2027, public certificate authorities (CAs) will stop supporting TLS client authentication due to Chrome’s new root program rules. Customers which have enabled "Require Client Authentication" in the C:D protocol Secure+ configuration. P...
1 day ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security Submitted

PQC integration of Sterling B2BI

Quantum safe PQC algorithms (like Kyber,Dilithium etc.) must be supported and added to Sterling. Quantum resistant methods offer using hybrid cryptography ( using both non-quantum and quantum methods together) TLS 1.3 is needed but it is not only ...
2 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security Submitted

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