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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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Ability to create Alerts in IBM Call Center for Commerce using HTML formatting instead of plain text.

We use alerts as a workflow system to report tasks to particular areas of the contact center to assist customers. The agents will copy and paste from a resource guide web page with the details they need to capture, having the format in HTML allows...
about 2 years ago in Call Center 0 Future consideration

CDHPNonstop SPCLI - Create Command Line Commands

Need to schedule a batch job that collects cipher/encryption information for CDHPNonstop. SPCLI - Create Command Line Commands
about 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Reporting 1 Functionality already exists

"Request for Enhancement" : ability to do explicit SSL ("SSL is optional") be added to the SMTP Send Adapter

We are trying to use the SMTP Send adapter( for Sterling B2B Integrator 6.x version) to connect Office 365 server using port 587, and realized that Sterling could not able make a connection, as SMTP Send adapter supports only two options " SSL can...
about 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Security 1 Planned for future release

Inventory segmentation support for sourcing using IBM IV services and OMS

Customer has DCs in US and EMEA while they maintain inventory within each DC with different buckets including bulk inventory and common ATP. Common ATP is shared with the wholesale orders. Sourcing requirement is to use the bulk inventory of a DC,...
about 4 years ago in Inventory Visibility 0 Future consideration

Excel Adapter - When importing an Excel spreadsheet. Use the first Row as the Column Names.

When importing an Excel Spreadsheet as a type tree, the importer creates a type tree with Generic Names : ie . COLA COLB..... If the importer can have an option to use the first ROW as the Column Names, then when the type tree is created, the Colu...
about 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 1 Not under consideration

Increase max lenght for Direct Connection input fields - InFlight Protocol setups

We have situations where Trading Partners want to host direct connections like FTP, FTPs, and SFTP. Currently InFlight limits the user name field to 25 characters. We are now encountering partners that insist on using user names longer than this l...
about 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 1 Not under consideration

Map Editor for Mac

We should be able to install Map Editor client downloaded from SI dashboard on Mac computers.
about 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Mapping & Translation 1 Not under consideration

Having mode T or O dynamic in APIs through CXTransferSubmit in CX Unix (linux) for Societe Generale

Due to a concentration project at Societe Generale where all transfers are going to be concentrated in a Central Hub (SFG + CX) we faced an issue regarding the mixed of partners defined in mode T and Partners in mode O. In order to not multiply th...
about 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Express / Usability 2 Planned for future release

Change Request Reporting data capture

As part of Change Request Project - Report data capture was not included - Client has been on the Solution for 6 months - client requestors and management request reporting capability that has been partially addressed within the product as a mass ...
about 2 years ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 3 Future consideration

Protection/Unprotect from Bulk

During project client had "protected" one field for hundreds of items - which when they came over to MRO - they are still "Protected", but now they want to remove the protection and asking if this can be done via the bulk features. It was noted th...
about 2 years ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 1 Future consideration