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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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Need Audit logs for partners deleted in PEM/PCM

Currently if a partner is removed from PCM, then there is no audit log as who deleted the partner. We opened a case with IBM but they confirmed that currently that is not available and can be requested by RFE in future. Our audit requirement is to...

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.
14 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 1 Submitted

Filter From File and Distinct Values on the References Pages

I very much appreciate the ability to download from the References tab. I would still very much like the ability to display distinct values and use Filter From file since the tables are so large and currently difficult to navigate.
1 day ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Single Kafka producer instance for multiple file processing

Hi Team, With current setup(Kafka produce Service), we are able to push one message/doc at time for each produce instance which in terms needs multiple kafka produce session opened. For high volume flow this impacts system performance due to high ...
3 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 0 Submitted

Enable Password less Proxy/Impersonation Functionality Without Mandatory Local Administrator Group Membership Privilege

1. Problem Statement Following the upgrade to IBM Sterling IBM Connect:Direct version 6.4.0 on Windows platforms, the password less/no-password proxy feature for domain accounts face a significant security and compliance challenge. Current Setting...
3 days ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 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

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 ...
10 days ago in Sterling File Gateway / Standards 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

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.
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 1 Submitted

Actions after a file is copied to a Azure Blob

As soon as the file is copied to connect direct and is persisted in a BLOB Object Store in Azure, customer needs to move/copy this file to another path/blob and/or delete this file directly from the cdp as a sysopt or some kind of task, but not us...
3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 7 Future consideration