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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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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...
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"Request for Enhancement" : ability to do explicit SSL ("SSL is optional") be added to the SMTP Send Adapter

We are trying to use the SMTP Send adapter( for Sterling B2B Integrator 6.x version) to connect Office 365 server using port 587, and realized that Sterling could not able make a connection, as SMTP Send adapter supports only two options " SSL can...
about 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Planned for future release

Support for Microsoft Windows 2022

My Customer needs to implement Connect:Express in Microsoft Windows 2022. However, we have support for Microsoft Windows 2019 not 2022.
about 1 year ago in Sterling Connect:Express / Installation & Upgrade 0 Future consideration

Add ability to configure which button in an approval task is highlighted/defaulted

When using an approval task, it would be a nice feature to be able to configure whether the Approve button or the Reject button is the one highlighted/defaulted when the activity is executed. Currently it is always the Approve button. If not confi...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Excel Adapter - When importing an Excel spreadsheet. Use the first Row as the Column Names.

When importing an Excel Spreadsheet as a type tree, the importer creates a type tree with Generic Names : ie . COLA COLB..... If the importer can have an option to use the first ROW as the Column Names, then when the type tree is created, the Colu...
about 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 1 Not under consideration

Allow b2bi trading partners to change file ownership and permissions

Many of our customers have legal and regulatory requirements to set the permissions and ownership of files after they are sent to our MFT. This is currently not supported on Sterling File Gateway. This is causing issues for our customers. The abil...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Propagate DSNTYPE values between z/OS systems

Consider cloning the DSNTYPE values for transfers between z/OS systems by the default. Shouldn't be necessary to specify them if the source dataset must be the same as the destination
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

Change Request Reporting data capture

As part of Change Request Project - Report data capture was not included - Client has been on the Solution for 6 months - client requestors and management request reporting capability that has been partially addressed within the product as a mass ...
about 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 3 Future consideration

Protection/Unprotect from Bulk

During project client had "protected" one field for hundreds of items - which when they came over to MRO - they are still "Protected", but now they want to remove the protection and asking if this can be done via the bulk features. It was noted th...
about 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Group system in userfile.cfg (UNIX)

In an environment with hundreds of users defined in the same userfile.cfg, it would be nice to be able to govern them through a system of groups or profiles to reduce administration time and avoid unnecessary failures.
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 3 Not under consideration

Standardize SYSOPTS syntax for multi-environments

SYSOPTS syntax is written differently depending on the environment: Windows, i5/OS, z/OS, and UNIX. Example on z/OS: SYSOPTS = "DATATYPE(BINARY) XLATE(YES) STRIP.BLANKS(NO)" Same example on UNIX: sysopts=":datatype=binary:xlate=yes:pipe=yes:" This...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration

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