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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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We are upgrading our IBMI servers to V7R5 and need connect:direct compatibilty.

We are currently on V7R4 and have been told that the recommended connect direct patch level is V3.8.0.3 with iFix 7. We need to know the compatible level for V7R5 (when available)
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Functionality already exists

PEPPOL AS2/AS4 flows: MDN should show up in Inflight Status event

In PEPPOL, why sending a file via AS2/AS4 to recipient AP via B2BAC. The Inflight entry is updated with Accepted event, but it doesn't show up the MDN copy which we received for the message. If MDN is visible, we can trace the errors in more faste...
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS 1 Not under consideration

Redeliver undelivered messages that are NOT covered by the Retry Policy mechanism

Experience operating a B2B Advanced Communications/ IBM MQ / Sterling Business Integrator ebms AS4 gateway has shown that there are many ways in which outbound messages can fail. Relatively few of these are covered by the Retry policy mechanism bu...
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Planned for future release

Provide HTML feature in PEM Display

Currently, the options for display of multiple, or repeating XML elements is to map to the table or show only the first element. It would be nice to have HTML feature in PEM display to render the report make it look more professional
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Reporting 1 Functionality already exists

Support External Authentication of PEM users (Sponsor and Partner users)

No description provided
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / User Administration 1 Planned for future release

MAC Algorithm Updates

We have a vendor that is requiring that we use "hmac-sha2-512" for our SFTP connection to them. I don't see that as an option per the documentation:The MAC the client prefers to use for stream encryption. Required. Valid values are:hmac-sha1hmac-m...
about 7 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 0 Planned for future release

Create Better SFG Rebranding Documentation

https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SS4TGX_2.2.0/com.ibm.help.sfg_sys_admin.doc/sfg_rebranding.html This document could use some serious expansion and updating. It would also be nice if some of the basic re-branding could be handled wi...
about 7 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 0 Is a defect

Remove Appending of ~1 Process for Map name on Outbound Maps

Question Why do map names in Process Data sometimes have '~1' appended? Cause For all outbound map names, the ~1 is appended to the name and stored in the ENVELOPE_PARMS table. The ~1 represents outbound. There is nothing appended to inbound map n...
over 3 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Exporting Filesystem Virtual root path in SFG

The reason why exporting the file system virtual roots in Sterling Fileway is beneficial is that we need to export the filesystem paths that are assigned to specific users whenever a CISO, audit, or security team requests verification or audit che...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Store UI Inventory Adjustment Screen should be supporting Additional Configurable Inventory Reason Codes

In our project, there is a requirement to display 40+ inventory reason codes while adjusting inventory in Store UI. These reason codes should be displaying in the drop-down (i.e., the same drop down that OOB uses to display inventory reasons) and ...
over 3 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Not under consideration