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Access to multiple mailboxes from one MFG user

The ability to log onto MFG as a user and to be able to navigate to other user's mailboxes, security permitting. This would enable third parties to send files using MFG to their mailboxes and a number of other users to use MFG to see and download ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

To avoid partial files in distributed systems

If the transfer destination is Windows or Linux, ConnectDirect doesn’t work with temporary files. So, CD starts to write the filename with definitive filename. So, if the transfer fails in the COPY step due to insufficient space or network issue, ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 4 Not under consideration

HP-Nonstop Connect:Direct Maxdelay

Request for Maxdelay feature in C:D HP NonStop. To wait for the completion of a submit statement or interval time completes.
almost 8 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Showing of names of tasks and dialog when one hovers a mouse cursor

there are some tasks which have tens of dialog. The dialog names are too long to be fully visible on the icon. It is cumbersome to everytime right click+edit to see the dialog name while searching for the dialog to review/modify
over 3 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Workflows 0 Planned for future release

ITXA - improve the EDI X12 27x transaction

To Support EDI 27x transactions and follow X12 HIPAA Guidelines. My company Prolifics Inc is working with the client who is BlueShield of California (Health Insurance provider). We are working in a project where we have to deal with the EDI 27x (2...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 1 Not under consideration

Native Variables in Connect:Direct Unix

We currently use some of the native Connect variables in: Windows for Windows, Windows for Mainframe, and Windows for UNIX. However, we need to use these same variables from a UNIX server and we are having problems. Examples:% SUBDATE1 and% SUBTIM...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Future consideration

Allow different sender and receiver email addresses for sending alert mails in standard BPs

Currently in many standard BPs both the sender as well as the receiver of an email is coming from the admin users email address. Unfortunately there are situations where the sender (sending system) is different from the required receiver address(e...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

SPEDeenvelopingService not returning compliance error to B2BI ProcessData - Data is malformed and expecting non-compliant message from ITXA to the calling B2Bi Business Process - Advanced Status

B2BI submission of SPE deenveloping Service and the customer is expecting the response to set the BP STATE: HALTED and the Advanced Status: Resource edifactdata.txt: Transaction-Non-Compliant ....when there are issues with Segments and Elements. T...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 1 Not under consideration

Standardize SYSOPTS syntax for multi-environments

SYSOPTS syntax is written differently depending on the environment: Windows, i5/OS, z/OS, and UNIX. Example on z/OS: SYSOPTS = "DATATYPE(BINARY) XLATE(YES) STRIP.BLANKS(NO)" Same example on UNIX: sysopts=":datatype=binary:xlate=yes:pipe=yes:" This...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Check the Write permission on Destination folder without submitting COPY statement

Hi Team, We are trying out a way if we can check permission on target folder on SNODE, before doing actual transfer. Like we do 'Echo Test" to test if the NDM connectivity is good between 2 NDM nodes. If we can have option in NDM to do 'Echo" test...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Functionality already exists