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    Add capability to Connect:Direct to work around undesirable DVIPA behavior

    We'd like to request a new initialization parm for Connect:DIrect (CD) to disable outbound TCP connection establishment until after the DTF opens its TCP listener ports. Our DTFs both send traffic and listen for traffic. We have had situations whe...
    almost 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    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....
    7 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    Dynamic removal of redundant checkpoint entries

    Can the logic behind CKPT.DAYS be extended so that this function in invoked on a regular basis (e.g. daily) instead of only when z/OS Connect:Direct is started? When the checkpoint dataset becomes full, the only way to defragment it or clear out r...
    almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

    Looping Functionality for Dialogs (UI, API, XSLT)

    Many times it is not possible to know the number of times that you need an API to execute. Looping would allow the execution of an API or UI dialog to be dynamic. This could be utilized in a great number of use cases, one of which I outlined below.
    over 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Workflows 1 Functionality already exists

    Allow Workflow to Continue After API has Failed

    When creating an API dialog there should be an option to continue workflow even when the API fails. Preferably, it would have conditions to continue based upon what error is received.
    over 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Workflows 1 Planned for future release

    Allow Override of STOP CD QUIESCE for C:D z/OS

    When a Connect:Direct region is shut down with a STOP CD QUIESCE, the region will terminate when all processes stop, making it an ideal choice for a planned shutdown. However, once initiated, this cannot be aborted or converted to a quicker type o...
    about 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Future consideration

    comprehensive search facility in PR

    We need a comprehensive search facility in PR compared to what is there now. There are many to search in the PEM DB via PR. We probably can use a series of API calls but that is cumbersome to use. So having more advanced search options in PR will ...
    over 3 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 1 Planned for future release

    Support Gentran for iSeries on PowerVS

    Support Gentran for iSeries on PowerVS. I see no reason the product shouldn't be supported on a PowerVS (virtual server), which is suppose to be the same as a physical iSeries.
    9 months ago in Sterling Gentran & Gentran:Director / Usability 0 Submitted

    CD for z/OS: historical stats using Db2 instead of VSAM

    The product only works using VSAM to save historical stats while other ISV products like XCOM from Broadcom can use VSAM or Db2 tables. We're preparing next upgrade from CD 6.2 to 6.4 and we must to define a new VSAM, then import previous VSAM inf...
    9 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Not under consideration

    The Partner Community Manager CM_CoreProcess has hard coded typing maps which limits our ability to extend functionality of the framework

    The latest version of PCM comes with the typing map list in CM_CoreProcess hard coded. This means adding, removing and updating the typing list requires modification of a built in process. Not only will this BP be overwritten in future losing all ...
    over 1 year ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Workflows 0 Submitted

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