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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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Remove Division from mandatory field when bulk editing from file

Division is currently a mandatory field when bulk editing from file, our company uses Plant and Material to identify a unique record, to a certain degree Store ( or SLOC in SAP). I suggest we do away with Division as a mandatory input if other cus...
almost 2 years ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Mandate Inventory Status selection when counting with variance for the new Location/SET

When user is trying to add inventory for the new Bin/Location it is letting to add the inventory without selecting inventory Status in the dropdown , this causing to add the inventory into SIM with inventoryStatus post approving the variance.
over 3 years ago in Store Engagement / Other 0 Not under consideration

Make package.folderWatchDelayInSecs Available in System Settings

My understanding is that the settings for package.folderWatchDelayInSecs are only available through the RESTful API. This setting along with all settings should be made available in the system settings as well.
over 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 2 Future consideration

Need serial details in the exceptions block when marked as Damaged/shortage during putaway in mashup response

When user selects record shortage during putaway we are unable to see any shortage serial details in the exceptions block of mashup response. store is unable to identify the proper serial based on the selected reason code.
over 3 years ago in Store Engagement / Other 7 Future consideration

Dynamic show/hide UI dialog elements

When trying to make a UI dialog more dynamic, we can currently use labels mapped to XSLT output to generate appropriate text for a partner. E.g. a screen which can show Test, Prod, or both Test and Prod server details in one dialog. Or Inbound, Ou...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 0 Not under consideration

Support to Rearrange Columns in a Table

Columns can only be inserted at the end of a table. Sometimes a new column has to be added in the middle of the table which requires requires existing columns be deleted then recreated in the correct order. The ability to either rearrange columns ...
over 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Check the Write permission on Destination Mainframe Dataset without submitting COPY statement

Hi Team, We are trying out a way if we can check permission on target zOS Dataset on SNODE, before doing actual transfer. Like we do 'Echo Test" to test if the NDM connectivity is good between 2 NDM nodes. If we can have option in NDM to do 'Ec...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 5 Functionality already exists

Check the Write permission on Destination folder without submitting COPY statement

Hi Team, We are trying out a way if we can check permission on target folder on SNODE, before doing actual transfer. Like we do 'Echo Test" to test if the NDM connectivity is good between 2 NDM nodes. If we can have option in NDM to do 'Echo" test...
almost 2 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Usability 2 Functionality already exists

Mapping, Transformation from/to Excel

Excel is becoming the usability standard for structured data. On many occassions the CSV file can't be used and formatted in Excel, so natively Excel is being used to exchange data.
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 0 Not under consideration

Extend the use of Perimeter Server to Object Store Client Adapter

If Perimeter Server could support connections made from the Object Store Client Adapter it would be simple for customers to enable a connection and centralizing the entire deployment on the same Sterling platform
almost 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration