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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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Replace Notify option with email option

Not really a new idea. I am just passing along details on how one can issue an email or text message from an NDM task using RUN TASK PNODE (PGM=IRXJCL) -
about 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 1 Not under consideration

Provide manageItemNodeDefn API

The createItemNodeDefn call fails if the record already exists and using modifyItemNodeDefn will fail if the record doesn't exists. So when Sterling receives the safety stock details, we have to first make a getItemNodeDefn call & then invoke ...
about 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Future consideration

myFileGateway - add capability to view/download the file

Our trading partners have been requesting to view/download the file through myFileGateway. Currently this web application does not provide this functionality. This should be configurable so we can restrict permission on need basis
about 6 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Other 1 Functionality already exists

ITXA: Enhancements to WTX Map Service

WTX for integration server gives us the WTX Map service for map translation . we needed it to enhance the functionality of the WTX map service to be able to accept the multiple input and provide multiple outputs dynamically.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender Advanced 0 Not under consideration

Catching informations about WTX maps dynamically at runtime

The product functionality should be enhanced to make it possible for WTX maps to catch following informations dynamically at runtime 1. its own map name2. the associated WTX system, sub system and component to clearly identify the map3. on which i...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Launcher 0 Functionality already exists

format string parser

Please add a parser/validator of format srings into the compiler, so that WTX developers are being notified of invalid format strings that won't work in the WTX engine.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 1 Not under consideration

Make the "use ellipses button" a display option

The Map Designer provides a way to use ellipses when draggin'-n-dropin' type references into a rule. This is very nice to make rules more compact and usually improves readability. However, "getting back" to the referenced type is sometimes an issu...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Design Studio 0 Not under consideration

Include SSL library for zLinux Secure Adapter Collection.

We are using Message Broker and WTX Integration Server + Secure Adapter Collection to contact web services and transform the results. Unfortunately the SSL library (mercssl.so) is not included for zLinux like it is for other platforms. Please incl...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 1 Functionality already exists

use ressource registry for mdq login data

In order to address the different configuration items between production, integration and development environment, WTX offers a ressource registry. We can define the different names of a queue manager, for example: $QMN in production resolves to Q...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Management Tools 0 Not under consideration

static nature of calling TX maps from Java

currently, the APIs to call maps via Java works well. However, when a map is instantiated, it is via static method. Further attempts to instantiate the same class throws an error. IBM to look at this and see if there is someway to relax this behav...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / APIs & SDKs 1 Not under consideration