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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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Enhancement for Gentran: Server for Windows

I need to be able to create ddf files from SAP data.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

Invalid cerror field should cause a compile error

If you use a variable instead of an input field in the cerror statement, it compiles fine, but the map will not run. There is no output, no trans.ord file, and the dtlLog.err file contains only begin and end tags. An invalid cerror field should be...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

Need Gentran 5.3.1.4 to support Oracle Database 12C

System: Gentran 5.3.1 (patch level 4)Actor: Oracle database All of the Oracle databases in our organization are being upgraded to Oracle 12C. Gentran 5.3.1 does not support Oracle 12C. In order to stay current and allow our DBAs and support teams ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 0 Future consideration

Gentran Basic / Enhancement request

We were wondering if there is not a way to do so, if Gentran support can create an enhancement request for outbound mapping to convert binary fields used in the User Ref to numeric display.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Future consideration

CommPost - Error Opening File

From a scheduled event in the Server Process Control after GDW_MBProcess_File runs and CommPost starts if certain dll's required for the process are not registered the translation fails BUT no error is reported in the AuditLog. When CommPost is in...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Usability 0 Future consideration

Add more details to "Gentran:Server Mailbox" view

It is difficult to identify the correct Gentran system in the Gentran: Server Mailbox view on the Gentran Client, especially when several Gentran server environments are installed and server name and Gentran system name are not identical. Request:...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Add parm to STRCOMSSN. SA status *NO or *YES

Create parameter in STRCOMSSN that provides a choice to have SA status interchanges resend automatically or not. RESEND SA: *YES / *NO Must be profile specific.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Performance 1 Future consideration

Utility to change computer name

I need to change my computer name. Currently I have to change it in many places, including in the registry. It would be ideal to have a utility to change it in all locations automatically.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

"Limit concurrent process control events" does not apply across the product. It would make sense to be product wide parameter

"Limit concurrent process control events" does not apply across the product. It would make sense to be product wide parameter
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Future consideration

Document Reference number not generating when translating XML to EDI

System: Gentran:Server for Unix Version 6.1Program: lftranActor: Assumed functionality (in App and EDI data type) for doc loc is lacking in XML to EDI data map. Description: Document Location Specifier does not update edistat.o, and consequently d...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Mapping & Translation 0 Future consideration

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