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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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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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    Our goal is to have the same number of retries applied to the backup configuration as to the main one.

    We are currently using an IBM fix that enables Connect:Express to use a backup IP address for outgoing transfers when a transfer fails using the main IP address defined in the partner directory (TCP/IP error level). The issue we’re facing is that,...
    3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Express / Other 0 Submitted

    Ability to search or view history shipments in Order Hub

    Currently there is no provision to search or view history shipments in Order Hub, neither there are any identifiers for history shipments as well. This feature is only present for archived orders however this is a useful feature to have.
    3 months ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Planned for future release

    TPA enhancement and MWS/TN

    We are using TPA under MWS/TN. In TPA we have multiple sections. One of the sections called Dynamic Mapping which used to configure the XPATH to change the values of the XML based on the condition. We have option to restrict the complete TPA to al...
    3 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Submitted

    Support IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS run on IBM i 7.6

    In April 2025, IBM released version 7.6 of IBM i, the successor to IBM i 7.5.However, we have been informed by the Offering Manager that, at this time, there are no plans to support IBM i 7.6 for IBM Sterling Connect:Direct for i5/OS, which has hi...
    3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 7 Planned for future release

    To cancel the reservation, when pick is manually shorted by the user in the UI

    When pick is manually shorted by the user in the UI, the pick get cancelled. Expected Behavior : On pick cancellation from UI, reservation should be cancelled. Actual Behavior : On pick cancellation from UI, reservation is still active.
    3 months ago in Store Engagement 2 Under review

    Incase of zero inventory, When reservation is created. IBM needs to provide error in the reservation response instead of sending just the line_id.

    Incase of zero inventory, When reservation is created. IBM needs to provide error in the reservation response instead of sending just the line_id. This will help us not place an order as there is no inventory in IV
    3 months ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Not under consideration

    Audits / Movement history of products on UI

    Today in Store Inventory Management, when an user does a Bulk/Adhoc move, it displays the move complete with the source, target location and qty moved for the SKU. But when you exit this screen, it is not possible to go back and see what movement ...
    3 months ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration

    IBM License Service for containerized B2b +additional Sterling Data Exchange Products

    Chief Architect suggested that I open this with B2B, as B2B owns the helm deployment and container. When integrated, ITX, ITXA and B2BI all run in the same container and that container only reports B2BI VPC to the Licensing service. This makes cli...
    3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 0 Submitted

    new version CD to microfocus

    Regarding to particular case, we have detected that EBCDIC Microfocus Gravity (JLC emulation) conversions with UNIX origin to Snode UNIX do not support line break translations. The EBCDIC to ISO8859-1 codepage works, but any additional parameters ...
    3 months ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Not under consideration

    Mailbox permission rights via REST API

    Currently, the only way to set the rights on a mailbox (e.g. READ, WRITE, EXECUTE, etc) is to edit the XML used by the Import and Export Service. https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/b2b-integrator/6.2.1?topic=integrator-mailbox-permission-rights The Mailb...
    3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 0 Submitted

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