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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...
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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Better Export Detail clarity

client had integration issues over the past 2 weeks and client could not readily discern what exports had reached their ERP. Export Mgmt widget is helpful - though lacks ability to export multiple batches or ability to download the list of batches...
7 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Have C:D log the expiration date of certificates it receives

Today, when C:D calls out to a remote server, it logs some details about the certificate it received. It would be nice if it also logged the expiration date. This would allow us to write, say, a Perl script to scan the logs once a day looking for ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 1 Planned for future release

Add a comments field in customization UI

There must be a comments field in customization UI while adding entries to customer_overrides.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release

Enable certificate based authentication for CD Tandem

Enable certificate based authentication for CD Tandem. cert auth is only available in unix and windows version. Our orgs have a large tandem nodes that are critical to organisation.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

Allow email address to use as user ID

We have requirement to use email address as the user ID in sterling integrator.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 0 Planned for future release

Standardize SFTP/FTP Server and client logs for external dashboard consumption like ELK

We are using the SFTP / FTP server and client logs to monitor user activity via Dashboard. We want to provide communication level visibility to our business users from our enterprise application that stores all our B2B data. Its very difficult to ...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Reporting 1 Planned for future release

Support for Windows Server 2022

Hello, Since Microsoft is sunsetting Windows Server 2012, we are needing to upgrade our current servers. We would like to move to Server 2022 but it doesn't seem to be supported yet. Would you be able to tell me if you are currently working on cer...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Technology Stack Support (OS, DB, Protocols) 1 Planned for future release

Lot's of remote profiles causing the UI page to crash on SFG Consumer - SFTP profile selection page

Lot's of remote profiles causing the UI page to crash on SFG Consumer - SFTP profile selection page, should have a property to control the no.of profiles displayed on the sftp profile selection page.. IBM Case# TS009761621
over 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Onboarding 0 Planned for future release

CDWebServices to allow separate WebInterface and RestAPI installations

Allow more individualized and specialized architecture implementations of CDWS by making separate component (or making them selectable/optional) installations for both the Web interface and the RestAPI components.Look into including the RestAPI's ...
almost 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 1 Planned for future release

Allow Workflow to Continue After API has Failed

When creating an API dialog there should be an option to continue workflow even when the API fails. Preferably, it would have conditions to continue based upon what error is received.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Workflows 1 Planned for future release