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Support for calling scripts following completion of transfer

The sender of a file can specify a script to call once the file transfer is complete. There are customers that will not implement this. How about a way for the receiver to specify a script to call once the transfer is completed.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Functionality already exists

Adding the files size to windows evernt logs

There is a lot of helpful information being sent to the windows event log about send and receiving files. The only this missing is the file size from the events.
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Functionality already exists

Need to be HSPD12 compliant

IRS is trying to get Sterling Connect:Direct 6.1 approved for usage in the IRS and it is being requested that we inquire as to why this product is not HSPD12 compliant?
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Not under consideration

Do you have any plan now to support ARM based systems

Nowday there are more and more ARM-based systems,do you have any plan now to support ARM based systems?
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Not under consideration

Cluster Support and Certification for Connect:Direct Web Service 6.0

CDWS would be an integral part of Connect Direct as technological adaption of APIs increases. And when we want to have an API server, we would look at providing 24/7 services to our businesses. So we want to have CDWS on a clustered model especial...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release

Include API monitoring/output in CD Logs

API connects to the CD product can be for File Transfer submissions or stat gathering for another use such as log checks. These API have a max value configurable on the local node entry in CD netmap file but currently there is no logging of API ac...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Not under consideration

synchronize the versions of JRE in Connect Direct

Install agent is packaged with an older version of Java with numerous security vulnerabilities. Main java : $ ./jre/ibm-java-x86_64-80/jre/bin/java -version java version "1.8.0_261" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 8.0.6.15 - pxa6480sr6fp1...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

Enable FTP/SFTP delivery mode to deliver BPN Automated Reports

Currently BPN Automated reports are configured to deliver these only via email. Can we add other communication protocols ( FTP/SFTP ) to deliver these reports. Because most of the clients are requesting to deliver these files to their ERP systems....
almost 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration

BPN AUTOMATED TRADING PARTNER SUMMARY REPORTS ADD TRADING PARTNER NAME

Clients are asking for the trading partner names be added to the BPN Automated reports as this feature is on the summary report if you manually run the report from Inflight, the automated ones from BPN Automated summary report does not include this.
almost 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration

Extrainfo2 Report on BPN Automated Report Configurations

As part of the existing BPN Reporting we have options to pull Externalinfo1 report on BPN Automated Report Configurations, but it has been observed that although we have Extrainfo2 report listed on BPN, we do not have stored procedure for the same...
about 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration