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Improve SPOE update process in containers so that a helm install is not required

Currently, when making an update to the SPOE file, the process requires the file to be pulled in via a helm install. In an enterprise environment, there tend to be limitations on what can be done during business hours as part of normal configurati...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration Functionality already exists

CDWS in Containers - disable GUI access option accessible before the deployment

Connect Direct Web Services for containers should allow to disable GUI access (and leave the RESTful API access only) before the deployment. Currently there is no such an option. We need to have this parameter delivered upfront from values.yaml to...
3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade Functionality already exists

Enhancement to Display Full Configuration Names in Sterling Secure Proxy UI

Currently, in the Sterling Secure Proxy (SSP) administrative UI, configuration object names (such as Netmaps, Policies, and Server definitions) are truncated due to fixed column widths. Users must click on each individual entry to view the full co...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability Functionality already exists

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.
9 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) Functionality already exists

Add Extrainfo 1, 2 and 3 in ERN Red Light and Yellow Light Notifications.

Add Extrainfo 1, 2 and 3 in ERN Red Light and Yellow Light Notifications. Please include this detail in both Body of the email and the Attachment.
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Alerting/Notifications Functionality already exists

Order sourcing - Date Optimization for Cost based sourcing configuration

For a B2B Customer, we have business use case of sourcing orders, that are required to be optimized on the respective Driver Date (Ship Date/Delivery Date), whilst that happens it has to consider the lowest cost to fulfill.
4 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) Functionality already exists

Enable Map Deletion Functionality in Config Hub (Parity With Config Center)

In Config Center, users had the ability to directly delete maps through the UI using a dedicated Delete button. This allowed quick correction when: A wrong map was imported by mistake A map needed to be removed or renamed A test or obsolete ...
6 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding Functionality already exists

SFG Resiliency

There are 2 RFEs related. This is the 2nd. The first is SFG-I-325 Customer was processing a high volume of transactions via filegateway when their environment experienced a network issue.Node 1 had its communication impacted with node 2. Communica...
about 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Other Functionality already exists

SFG Resiliency

There are 2 RFEs related. This is the 1st. The second is SFG-I-326 Customer was processing a high volume of transactions via filegateway when their environment experienced a network issue.Node 1 had its communication impacted with node 2. Communic...
about 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Performance Functionality already exists

Adapt Connect:Direct 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, this will impact all customers which have enabled "Require Client Authentication" in the C:D protocol Sec...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security Functionality already exists

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