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Provide read only access to replica DB

There are many known issues with Data extract agent, and IBM cognos is not an option for many clients. Please provide access to the replica DB, especially some sort of mechanism for analytics applications like Tableau.
about 3 years ago in Self Service Tool 1 Not under consideration

Remove the requirement for a keystore password when running a silent upgrade

A manual upgrade does not require a keystore password, but a silent upgrade does. Removing the need for this keystore password would simplify the silent upgrade process and be more secure.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

Provide a dashboard view to have detailed SIM UI up time statuses

Provide a dashboard view to have detailed SIM UI up time statuses
over 3 years ago in Self Service Tool 12 Planned for future release

Connect:Direct - Certify SQLServer 2016 Express Edition as a supported database for C:D v.4.7 or v.4.8

Ability to upgrade to the latest software.
over 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Not under consideration

Status to be returned when performing an automatic silent install

When performing an automated silent install/upgrade from the Windows command prompt, instead of the command dropping straight back to the command prompt, certain messages would be returned and at the end of the install/upgrade a return code/status...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Not under consideration

Add an Admin ID for CD UNIX Installations

Currently CD UNIX can be installed under another ID. However, during a particular step of the installation process, the root password is required. Can an administrative ID be added to the CD UNIX installation that has the appropriate access needed...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Not under consideration

Allow devtoolkit_docker/runtime/ApplicationManagerClient/client.jar to be downloaded directly from the SST

This is an issue for Mac developers after each cloud devtoolkit upgrade. The problem for Mac user is we have to rely on devtoolkit_docker/runtime/ApplicationManagerClient/client.jar to open the configurator. However, every devtoolkit upgrade, the ...
about 4 years ago in Self Service Tool 2 Functionality already exists

CDT Import and Export Ydk prefs save option in SST insted of manually copying

When we do CDT, we are pasting YDK prefs manually in SST, this may cause an issue due to human error. if we have an option to save this file in SST, will be helpful and human errors will be mitigated.
about 4 years ago in Self Service Tool 1 Planned for future release

COGNOS REPORT- Can the reports can be published to any FTP locations.

Is there a way to send the Cognos report to FTP location rather than emailing the cognos report as an attachment. Currently we are sending the Report via email which customer need to download and put it in a location to process it further. So they...
over 4 years ago in Self Service Tool 1 Functionality already exists

DB Extract agent should be extracting data more frequently

Currently the field 'FrequencyInHours' in the DB Extraction agent configuration defines how frequently the data can be extracted. The min value for FrequencyInHours is 1 hour. This would mean that we can only pick up data that is older than 1 hour...
over 4 years ago in Self Service Tool 4 Not under consideration