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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...
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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SMTP connections

We require that the SMTP connection used for notification, to be retried in the event the SMTP server is down. This could be retried x times prior to giving up. Also would it be possible to specify a secondary SMTP server in the event the primary ...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

"%Complete" field failure with file great then 4,3GB

Command WRKCDPROC- function Display C:D Process with file greather then 4,3 GB, field "%Complete" showing wrong value greather then 100%. Printscreen of this state is attached. PMR ID: 15921,668,668
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 0 Future consideration

Provide for quota-free import of in-store transactions ("take sale" / "cash and carry") for use in association with blind returns / refunds

Today, we may receive the return of an unit/sku which was purchased in-store (cash-and-carry, take sale. NOT an order...) to our distribution center, within a valid return window, with a request for a full refund to the original form of payment. B...
over 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 3 Future consideration

Batch assignment of transactions (esp returns) for agent ownership, review

The idea is three part: 1) Provide UI to allow for manual bulk assignment of tasks to individual customer care agents for work-down. 2) Allow for direct assignment/ownership of transactions/shipments to a given customer care agent, regardless of t...
over 3 years ago in OMS - Call Center 2 Future consideration

Write Debug Traces to a Specific DD instead of Creating Dynamic Rnnnnnn DDs

If the process specific Debug Traces can be written to a specific DD or DDs instead of creating dynamic Rnnnnnn DDs, it could be SPINNED dynamically after the trace completion and it will not cause a usage exposure to system SPOOL.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Future consideration

EBICS Adapter Group support for Client adapters

We are unable to configure an adapter group name in the EBICS Client system properties configuration. We have a two node cluster and this presents a signal point of failure if we lose a primary node.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 1 Future consideration

Add CRL caching support to Connect:Direct z/OS v6.1

We have started to use CRL checking in CDZ via EASERVER and urgently need CRL caching to be in effect similar to what has been implemented for Windows/Linux platforms.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Future consideration

SFTP Protocol Strict Host Key = 0

Whirlpool is requesting IBM SCBN be able to configure their SFTP connection without strict host key requirement. This is part of their High Availability Architecture plan. All of their vendors except IBM is able to meet this requirement.
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 0 Future consideration

Database extensions should have a provision to create indexes only on ACTIVE tables.

Database extensions should have a provision to create indexes only on ACTIVE tables. As most of the queries/monitoring and reporting are performed on the ACTIVE tables. These indices may not be always needed on the HISTORY tables.
over 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 3 Future consideration

Allow SSP engine certificate to be configured through configureEngineSsl.sh directly

The configureEngineSsl.sh script only supports importing configuration exported from CM. Typically CM and SSP engines are installed on different machines in different network zones. The certificates will be put on the servers directly. It's a lot ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration