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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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AES-256 encryption for .bin file creation

we understand that when a .bin file is created via lcu.jar it is encrypted with AES-128. We would like to see this encryption increased to AES-256 to satisfy our Security requirements.
over 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

Ad Hoc Report Functionality

In version 6.1.3 and earlier when a report is run, the user has the option to keep/download in different versions such as pdf, xls, csv, etc and to email the report. However, in version 6.2, this ad hoc functionality has been removed. While an ad ...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 0 Planned for future release

Upgrade Jasper Reports for the PDF Creation in Myfilegateway

For Myfilegateway version 6.1.X and 6.2.X the current version of Jasper Reports 6.19.0 used to create PDF reports is outdated and affected by several vulnerabilities. Also the metadata of all pdf created by Myfilegateway provided info of the PDF C...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Planned for future release

Need SSL/TLS support for Global Mailbox to post its events to Control Center

Most other connections are firmly secured in B2Bi/SFG/GM, with one significant exception; the ability to post events and heartbeats from Global Mailbox to Control Center (ICC or CCM). By default, CCM 6.2 disables its non-secure web port, 58082. Si...
about 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Planned for future release

MSQL JDBC drivers 10.2.0 and higher support for Sterling B2B Integrator.

Need IBM Sterling B2B Integrator support for MSQL JDBC drivers 10.2.0 and higher. The driver have an additional pair of parameters that designate the retry connection between in the event the database connection is broken or failover. https://lear...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Performance 0 Planned for future release

Add TEXT/BINARY mode marker to Connect Direct log file

Current version of Connect Direct does not log the information if transmission was made in TEXT or BINARY mode. This enhancement is to add clear information about used mode (TEXT/BINARY) to the log in CTRC record
about 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 3 Planned for future release

Enhance RESTAPIClient service to retrieve headers

The current RESTAPIClient service is missing functionality to retrieve header information when calling an API. For example. When you do a call to an API (GET) with a custom header element (<X-CSRF-TOKEN>fetch</X-CSRF-TOKEN>) to fetch a...
over 1 year ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release

Work Queue Exclusion option for items in Workflow

Items that are currently routing for approval may carry over from one month to the next. It would be good to have the option to exclude items from wok queue if they are routing for approval.
7 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 0 Planned for future release

Validate API for Managed SSL Cert and Managed SSH Key

The out-of-box PEM Portal activities have options for Partners to upload SSL or SSH Keys. In case of a user error, a partner may upload an incorrect file. In such a scenario, the API to store SSL Cert or SSH Key to PR fails and there is no way to ...
about 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / APIs & SDKs 0 Planned for future release

Ability to reset data in non prod environments.

It would be great if IBM could provide the ability to reset the data in Sterling IV or the ability to roll back to an older data snapshot. This will help the clients a lot. Right now, we are asked to use APIs to do it, which is not efficient and...
almost 2 years ago in Inventory Visibility 3 Planned for future release