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Role based access to unprovision of codelist facility

functionality where unprovision button is only available to first/primary sponsor admin.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release

For the Netmap extract batch utility DGADNTLD to add map creation and updated date.

This request is to enhance the Netmap extract batch utility DGADNTLD to add map creation and updated dates. As of now, the extract only has the last used date. The created date is only available in the Connect:Direct panel options (in browse mode ...
5 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

Automating the regular NDM tasks

We are performing Netmap updates and secure + updates via NDM panels. We need to automate these manual tasks so it will reduce any human error and save time.
9 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Future consideration

encryption of passwords in setup.cfg

There are multiple passwords mentioned in the file setup.cfg - database, truststore, test mode, etc. these passwords are expected to be encrypted as per customers security requirements. Currently these are in plaintext.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 0 Planned for future release

Enable connection pooling for remote nodes when using CDPLEX

We use the PARSESS ADJACENT.NODE statement to limit parallel sessions from the local node to a remote node based on capacity as agreed with the partner node. When updating our environment to use CDPLEX with multiple server regions, this parameter ...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

Add AS4 Protocol to Partner Community Manager

With planned addition of AS4 to the core Sterling B2b Integrator, we request that the Partner Community Manager be updated to add AS4 as a protocol in the application/partner configurations. Partner/Application screens should allow for AS4 partner...

Support individual system RSU upgrade in CDPLEX environment

We are trying to achieve a high availability environment for CD with CDPLEX. Supporting RSU upgrade per system instead of per SYSPLEX will allow us to failover seamlessly if there is an issue with RSU upgrade on one particular LPAR.
12 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

PEM application should have a user interface option for data deletion for all the components

In order to conduct penetration testing and identify vulnerabilities, it is sometimes necessary to create specific resources to assess how these vulnerabilities could be exploited. However, it is crucial to emphasize that the data or files generat...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Generate longfile name for Connect:Direct transfers in log

We want to utilize transfer logs generated in syslog/task log to do some automation reporting and alerting. However NDM longfile name which reported in SMF type FI isn't written to syslog so we can't get full pictures for file transfers between un...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Functionality already exists

tighten up on user mistakes, and educate them

Flush with my last success...ZOSA1679 2/21/2019 Copy File Enhancement- Introduced new field PAG 'SUBMIT MULTI MODE' to allow user for single and multi submit from CF panel ...I have a couple more enhancements that I've just implemented in my site....
6 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration