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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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Adding support for Pipes to Connect:Direct by z/OS

Adding support for Pipes on Connect:Direct for z/OS can help to speed up the overal file transfer process for distributing dat towards distributed platforms.Analogy to functionality already available in C:D for Unix.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 1 Not under consideration

Add check Box to show default rules in BPN

BPN does not have the capability of checking the default rules created for a specific customer business alias.If a checkbox is added, the Implementer/PER/Support teams will be able to easily identify the default rules created for the customer. It ...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Onboarding 0 Future consideration

Adding "Dictionary password checker" for password

Prevent clients from using common word for password.. e.g. password
over 1 year ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 1 Not under consideration

Additional attribute fileds for INBOX view in sterling document tracking

Request to add additional attribute fields for INBOX view in sterling document tracking to have more searchable fields based on on the business data logging. Currently, IBM sterling is having only one attribute field available in INBOX view to fil...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Document Tracking 4 Future consideration

SCCD deploy xlate tables

We need to use SCCD to deploy user configured xlate tables to CD Linux and CD Windows servers. We have more than 2100 servers, and if we need to change the xlate tables in all of them one by one, the cost in hours it's not affordable.
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 2 Functionality already exists

Sponsor announcement message on partner home page

Ability for sponsor to add a welcome message pop-up on the home page once a partner logs in
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration

Copy/paste Dialog Objects

Allow items to be copy and pasted within a page. Item property ‰ÛÏname‰Û should then be Copy, Copy 2, etc.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Increase Width Limit of Dialogs

Currently there is a maximum width of 1000 px. We would like to request a wider dialog size option. This would help to fit information nicely on the screen and reduce number of screens.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Other 0 Not under consideration

Test Mode for Context Data

Since context data has been added to PEM we have created a second activity for transmitters who need the same activity rolled out to them multiple times. The issue with the second activity is that all APIs with the reference to context data automa...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration

Set alert dates for a partner when they are added to an already rolled out activity

Currently when a partner is added to an already rolled out activity we have the capability to choose their own rollout date (i.e. not the due date chosen when the activity was originally rolled out). We do not have the capability to reset the aler...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 0 Not under consideration