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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...

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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.
6 months ago in Sterling Control Center Director 2 Functionality already exists

Ability to copy order in Store engagement

Fot Costco, we have a use case where existing member order is looked up and copied over to create a new order. As a Store associate, I should be able to capture the order with copy order functionality which doesn't seem to exist today.
12 months ago in Store Engagement / Usability 4 Functionality already exists

Inflight search using PID as primary rather than advanced search - bypassing date constraints

I ask that Inflight search have a field for PID as a primary search parameter, rather than having to go into advanced search and select process ID for searching - also PID should be unique so it should bypass any date period set on the start and e...
6 months ago in Sterling Supply Chain Business Network / Inflight 2 Functionality already exists

Develop SEAS to intelligently query for IPs that come from a subnet and allow them in if that subnet is in an LDAP attribute

Why useful? Useful because these days a lot of trading partners are coming from cloud environments that aren't front-ended by one (or a handful) IP address. Who benefits? Anyone who desires to whitelist IPs as a means of authentication or just as ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Security 0 Functionality already exists

System rejected materials due to refresh to the original settings from the initial submission

Materials that are not approved before the MRO IO system refresh, either Delta or monthly, are rejected and returned to the Items list in MRO IO in the base state that they were originally in prior to review by planners or maintenance personnel. T...
7 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Functionality already exists

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 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Workflows 1 Functionality already exists

Equipment Linked to Item - Bulk Download Capability

It's great that the Equipment module allows you to search the equipment and then list the items attached to them. However, we need the ability to show, and download, the referenced Equipment for the Item.
about 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 3 Functionality already exists

Streamline Global Mailbox Install/Upgrade Process

To upgrade/install Global Mailbox is a large and complex process. My current Global Mailbox production environment encompasses two data centers, each containing the following (4 SFG/GM servers, 6 Cassandra/Zookeeper servers, 2 MQ servers). We are ...
7 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 2 Functionality already exists

Need an ICC report that returns counts of file transfers and total byte counts for a given interval.

I need a report where 1. I can specify a date interval for the report.2. The report should give me an option for detail or summary.3. The detail would give me a list with 4 columns showing the date, the producer partner name, #of files failed or r...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 0 Functionality already exists

Need consent before exposing customer's name to others in Sandbox

If you try to register a facility, you can see other users in the drop-down list, but uses have not accepted the exposure to others.
8 months ago in SCIS Transparent Supply Application 0 Functionality already exists