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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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UI efficiency improvements for finding partially actioned orders to complete from store (including reprint picklist)

Store users wanting to quickly find a partial order in the system corresponding to a partially packed order on their backroom counter that is missing its picklist, store users finding an item on the backroom table after packing many orders and wan...
about 5 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration

Allow Control Center to authenticate to Connect:Direct using Kerberos.

Allow Control Center to authenticate to Connect:Direct using Kerberos.
about 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 1 Future consideration

Monitor File Agent separate from C:D monitoring

Today the ICC monitor the File Agent through a Connect:Direct node. Customer has the need to monitor File Agent separated from C:D monitoring.
about 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Modify how reserveItemInventory and reserveItemInventoryList internally determine Demand End Date to allow for infinite lead days.

Both of these APIs, reserveItemInventory and reserveItemInventoryList, assume infinite availability past the demand end date that is internally calculated. If the item doesn't exist that is "Current date + Processing time + lead days from ATP rule...
about 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Receive Certificate Expiration Warnings for Connect Direct Web Services on Control Center

Since Connect Direct Web Services is a component of Connect Direct and uses certificates for securing connections to the Connect Direct, there needs to be a way to receive warnings when a certificate is due to expire from Control Center.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Security 0 Future consideration

Quantity Tiers to honor steps appropriately

Today For SKU 1234, When Qty Tiers are defined From Qty To Qty Price 1 10 100 11 50 90 51 unlimited 85 In a Quote/Order SKU 1234 Qty: 55 is priced as — Unit price 85 —> 85 X 55 It looks like the Pricing API program is using the low...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Integrate parcel zones into promising depth

When promising, some customers don't want to go beyond a general "next day" parcel concept. While it's possible to add carriers and use those in promising, our customers don't need that level of accuracy. Rather, they look at something like UPS's ...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

Implement 'Hold' for a bulk product order for up to 30mins (or XX mins) as per OMoC SF ticket TS002131182

Add following functionality for 'On Hold' bulk items up to XX mins. As per following scenario ... We have created a remorse hold, to hold order's for 30 mins. To resolve the hold, we have created hold processing agent which is abstract transaction...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

Check for inventory availability while adding a line for reship, the CSR should have immediate feedback as to whether it can be fulfilled.

Currently in the call center the reship function blindly adds the reship order line without doing an inventory check. I don't know that it needs to be as involved as a wizard such as adding a line though it does need to be more involved and at lea...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Call Center 0 Future consideration

Enable purging data from transaction tables directly, instead of first purging to history

We currently have userexit purgeOrderToExternalDataStoreUE for purgeOrder. This was provided by IBM on our request. We are using this currently in production. This only covers orders and its related entities, but not shipments, receipts, work orde...
over 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration