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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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Please incorporate FlowVariables in x/OS Command Server

We have been asking for this for years and years. Finally learned about it for version 10. Learned how to code it, coded it in about 20 minutes. I then ported the map to z/OS where we run this map, and it did not work. Support advised that FlowVar...
over 1 year ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Other 1 Delivered

Remove Rate Limits in Pre Prod environment

We have multiple applications which receive data from IV and so when ever those applications including IBM OMS have a deployment we will execute performance tests. Having rate limit on the pre-prod environment limits our ability to perform the tests.
almost 3 years ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Delivered

Sterling support for SQL Server 2017

when will MSFT SQL Server 2017 be supported in Sterling B2B Integrator 6.x
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 1 Delivered

APi templates to allow us to adjust the EXTN fields in the tables

We went in and adjusted the APi templates to allow us to adjust the EXTN fields in the tables, However the manageChargeCategory API will not allow us to change the extn fields.
over 1 year ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 0 Delivered

CD for z/OS - customisation of ISPF panel library for scroll amounts & CF enhancement

Hi. I have 2 enhancement requests, but they both relate to the ISPF panels for CD for zOS. 1. The default scroll amount on various panels is set to PAGE. I think the CSR setting is more flexible. As the panels do not remember your settings, I h...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 4 Delivered

Allow multiple PGP decryption keys per community

We have a security requirement to use expiring PGP keys and change them every few years. Since Sterling only supports a single PGP key per community all of our trading partners have to change their jobs at the same time in order to use our new PGP...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 0 Delivered

RHEL8/RH8 Support for IBM Control Center

Rather than installing a new instance of ICC and its components onto RHEL7 and then repeating the process again on RHEL8 once its supported. It'd be extremely useful to know dates sooner rather than later. Please advised when support for RHEL8...

S3Client needs to support non-Amazon S3-compatible storage (Dell EMC, etc)

S3 client needs to be able to connect to non-Amazon S3 compatible storage to support systems whose security requirements only allow for private cloud storage.
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Usability 3 Delivered

Make / default mailbox in Myfilegateway upload screens

It is very cumbersome for the end-user that it is necessary to choose the upload mailbox which almost only contains the / and /Inbox (and /Inbox is actually invalid because it is not monitored by SFG)
about 6 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 2 Delivered

Need to display source and destination folder in email alert

Our Managed File Transfer team is under tremendous pressure to migrate file transfers from legacy standalone FTP servers to the Sterling Managed File Transfer solution. An incredibly influential business unit needs both the source/producer and des...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Installation & Upgrade 0 Delivered