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Add Order Optimizer Dashboard tracking for actual shipping vs. expected shipping

Add Order Optimizer Dashboard reporting to track actual shipping vs. the Order Optimizer expected shipping. Create new metrics to track how close actual shipments (from the nodes) are to what Order Optimizer assigned.The metrics should be availabl...
over 7 years ago in Intelligent Promising 0 Future consideration

Add Order Optimizer PDT notifications

Add the capability for users to subscribe to notifications from the Order Optimizer Parameter Deployment Tool (PDT). Allowing users to subscribe to notifications would enable them to stay in touch with PDT changes executed by other team members or...
over 7 years ago in Intelligent Promising 0 Not under consideration

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

Need unique return code when commpost is unable to open X12 inbound files.

Need unique return code for X12 inbound files unable to be read. Error - unable to compost error opening file. X12 files are received, but commpost unable to read file. No unique return code is given. Return codes are available on errors created w...
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Other 0 Future consideration

Print to PDF file

Need to print to PDF printers which will generate a PDF file. Process currently works when printing manually from In Documents. Process will not work when driven by process control.
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Other 1 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

please help to support Chinese local operating system

The local operating system in China is mainly based on the secondary development of linux, such as the operating systems of deepin and NeoKylin, which need to support the installation of C:D Linux on these operating systems.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

Slient Installation for Connect:Direct Client Only

Current silent installation only support server and client option. Please add installation option "client only" for silent installation / upgrade.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration

Ability to rename a windows server nodename or add an additional "alias" node name of sorts

In our environment we came up with the decision to use an alias node naming convention, where our customers create an alias address for a Connect Direct server i.e alias-name.domain.com. We take the alias-name part and use that as the Connect Dire...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Not under consideration