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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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SSP - Resetting engine memory

Currently, SSP engines keep SSP CM configuration in memory. The memory is not cleared until the engine is restarted or a new configuration is pushed. The memory contains secured objects like private keys. These secure objects can be exposed as par...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Security 0 Submitted

Ability to create workflow based on the requester.

We have lots of different users of the tools with different roles and levels of authority. I would like to be able to create a workflow rule based on the requestor, so that, if that individual does not have the proper level of authority to make th...
4 months ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Planned for future release

Delete all button under Envelopes->Documents awaiting enveloping screen is only deleting the entries of a single page instead of deleting all entries at a time. Make sure this button deletes all entries after giving a confirmation pop up at a time while clicking on Delete All

The customer wants to delete all the OLD entries in a single shot but the existing Delete all button under Envelopes->Documents awaiting enveloping screen only deletes the entries of a single page.
4 months ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Future consideration

Database for IV

Need a read only database to connect to that shows all supply and demand records, quantities, ship nodes, sourceTs, segment info, etc. from IV. This will help with data cleanup and visibility. We have no way of knowing about stale data unless we q...
6 months ago in Inventory Visibility 2 Future consideration

SSH key based authentication using LDAP

SSH Key based authentication with LDAP is not supported in B2BI, and also with SEAS integration. Even though SEAS has SSH Key support with LDAP, SEAS integration APIs with B2BI does not have support for sending SSH Key. During a sftp authenticati...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Standards 1 Future consideration

Add support for topologySpreadConstraints to helm chart for SSP engine container.

Need to be able to set the topologySpreadConstraints for the kubernetes PodTopologySpread plugin in the SSP engine helm chart. This option would enable better distribute of multiple SSP engines across availability zones in AWS EKS. I can use pod a...
about 2 months ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Installation & Upgrade 0 Submitted

Remove true or false in extended field and partner group

Hi, in the extended fields there is partner group who is not consistent. When you not choose a field then it's empty, but if you choose and regret it you have to fill in true or false..
about 2 months ago in webMethods B2B SaaS 0 Future consideration

Allow inventory supervisors the access to stop processing an SLC CR on behalf of the inventory team member that is currently processing the CR, but is out of the office.

It would be useful in the case of an inventory controller being out of the office and a site needs an SLC CR actioned ASAP. It would benefit the flow of production. All inventory supervisors would have access that would enable them to stop process...
about 1 year ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration

Displaying a different color in CTE and production for Config Center and Legacy Inflight to help support to differentiate both environments,

Displaying a different color in CTE and production for Config Center and Legacy Inflight to help support to differentiate both environments.
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 5 Not under consideration

Enable support for AWS S3 Server Side Encryption on S3 Buckets

We need B2Bi AWS S3 Client Service adapter to support AWS S3 Server Side Encryption.
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 6 Planned for future release