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PINNED Present Multiple Host Keys - RSA and ECDSA
As with standard Linux servers today Secure Proxy should be able to present Host Keys (more than one) in both RSA and ECDSA formats depending on what type the vendor incoming connection supports. Vendors are demanding Host Keys that are stronger t...
PINNED Add support to controllerWorkflow script to restart BPs that are in "completed, error" state by individual BP IDs
During system issues, we are unable to bulk restart the BP IDs at a time. This is causing huge support effort in the clean-up process. Existing controllerWorkflow.sh script doesn't have a solution to restart the BPIDs that are in "completed, error...

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Item Catalog Search Index Enhancements

OM provides feature to store all extended item catalog data in the form of additional attributes. This feature also allows us to setup any type of complex structure between itemid and extended catalog data. Internally the product uses “Additional ...
almost 6 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Not under consideration

File not picking up from the source folder, if we move the file to local directory and copy back to original location, files are picked and deliverd.

File not picking up from the source folder, if we move the file to local directory and copy back to original location, files are picked and deliverd.
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 1 Not under consideration

Provide message CSPA600W that would be displayed on MVS console or log.

Message CSPA600W is currently only displayed in Connect Direct joblog/started task log and would be beneficial to have available to be automated so corrective action could be taken. Other products display license expiration messages and expiring c...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Connect:Direct for HP Non-Stop v3.6.0.2 bug fix needed to display protocol in full in NDM log

Currently in NDM log for C:D HP Non-Stop v3.6.0.2, the protocol is not displayed in full. In v3.6.0.1 there was only SSL vs TLS, but in v3.6.0.2, it is TLS1.0 and TLS1.2, thus truncation happened. Since operation/application support teams do not u...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Not under consideration

Add option for setting NONE character of Special Value property instead of setting the full absolute value without changing padding character

We need to have an option to set the character used in the NONE Special Value property in a type tree's field. The only way it works now is by setting the exact value to be evaluated to NONE. So, for example, if we are setting the NONE special val...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 1 Not under consideration

Machine Learning Module for Watson Cognitive Advisor

Ability to ask Watson questions about supplier/shipment overall prediction or Watson to tell user about the prediction In order for this idea to happen following are pre-requisites in Ops Center 1. View of daily file feed (21 days, 40 days of dai...
almost 6 years ago in Supply Chain Insights / Ask Watson 0 Not under consideration

Custom Field mapped to UI dialog

No description provided
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 0 Not under consideration

Limit CM-BACKUP to Defined Number of Backups

This would benefit all users of SSP who have the configuration managers set to backup on startup within the System Settings CMSystemSettings global tab. Right now SSP creates an unlimited number of backup. This requires users to run separate scrip...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

change to property Do Not Allow Debit and Credit Invoice to Settle Each Other

Provide an option to void adjustment invoices. Currently system doesn’t allow voiding adjustment invoices. Due to which invoices remain open in the system in cases where discounts/charges were applied on order by mistake. This is very frequently s...
about 6 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Not under consideration

Provide an option to void adjustment invoices. Currently system doesn’t allow voiding adjustment invoices. Due to which invoices remain open in the system in cases where discounts/charges were applied on order by mistake. This is very frequently seen in case of call center appeasement scenarios when property Do Not Allow Debit and Credit Invoice to Settle Each Other is checked.

Provide an option to void adjustment invoices. Currently system doesn’t allow voiding adjustment invoices. Due to which invoices remain open in the system in cases where discounts/charges were applied on order by mistake. This is very frequently s...
about 6 years ago in OMS - Call Center 1 Not under consideration