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Allow users to reload documents with a status "available" that have not been picked up in more than 24 hours.

This will provide users the ability to pick up documents that have exhausted the number retries allowed. Today, the only way to fix is by opening a ticket with support to mark the documents as "picked up" so that the user can then reload them to t...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Document Tracking 1 Not under consideration

Functionality to test profiles

We need some method to test a configured SEAS engine before integrating it with the rest of our environment. Currently we can only test it by pointing SSP to the new engine and attempting to log in. This means that we can't test the SEAS config in...
over 6 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Requesting sub-sequence number capture to track line item or sub-level groups if required.

Requesting sub-sequence number capture to track line item or sub-level groups if required. Currently we have sequence number generation for every map run. But we encounter request from client to assign sequence number for every line item and updat...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Document Tracking 1 Not under consideration

Do Not Assume GET Responses

Currently, when using a GET API, the 'sample response' must have all values nullified, or the 'sample response' is treated as a default answer, even if the API is skipped. The purpose of the sample response is to provide data structure only - not ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / APIs & SDKs 0 Is a defect

oceans as inexhaustible source of hydrogen

Some years ago, I was the P.I. for a proposal to the EU with German, Spanish and Polish partners, for Autonomous Sailboats Moving Turbines to harvest hydrogen from sea water. The key to the economics of this how much of the energy obtained from th...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Not under consideration

Being able to pull the inbox and outbox view with the filename

We have had several customers ask for the option of the filename being able to be reported and downloaded in the excel file. Customer's cross check IBM VAN with their internal system with filenames.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Document Tracking 1 Functionality already exists

Add new optional arguments available across all email templates

When customizing e-mail templates, it would be extremely beneficial to have specific data available as arguments/variables to add to any of the e-mail templates (if they make sense in the context of the email). These include: Partner company/organ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 0 Planned for future release

User group filter with & (and)/ |(or) and return attribute customisation

To implement PEM SSO current PEM can only use custom attribute / attribute with which can only return one string. Expected output as mentioned below.Sample output user role: </property><property><name>role</name><value&g...
over 3 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 2 Future consideration

Password Security Controls

Password security controls for SEAS administrator interfaces using local authentication are not sufficient. Minimum password length of eight characters can’t be enforced. Passwords expiration can’t be enforced. Password complexity settings are mi...
about 7 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server 1 Not under consideration

Inactivity Session Timeout Controls - Administrator Accounts

The administrative consoles for the Sterling External Authentication Server do not contain inactivity session timeout settings. This is not in compliance with our security procedures that require implementation of automatic system timeouts that en...
about 7 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 1 Functionality already exists