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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...
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...

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More Flexibility Needed for Control Center Web Console time out.

I know that in Control Center 6.1.3, the maximum amount of time for the Web console is 30 minutes. Please add an enhancement that gives administrators more flexibility in expanding this beyond 30 minutes. This is needed for our shop because the Ba...
almost 3 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Delivered

Make sourceTs and updatedTs fields visible in Get Supply and Get Demand API Responses

As an integration consultant, I need to be able to see when the supply and demand for an item was last updated so I can confirm whether or not information is flowing from external systems to IV. The sourceTs and updatedTs will help when performanc...
about 3 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Delivered

Allow a read-only user to make changes to read-write fields, but not Commit

We have clients like EGA, where we're seeing they have hundreds of read-only users, and only a few read-write users entrusted to commit (save changes and export). Read-only users are mostly maintenance stakeholders part of the workflow process -- ...
about 3 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Delivered

HIPAA 831 type tree - to be added to to Healthcare pack v10.1

We have a business requirement for HIPAA 5010 - 831 transctions. Looks like thats available in supply chain pack. Request to add the same to Healthcare pack. We are @ Healthcare Packv10.1 ITX v9.01IIBv10.x Thanks Ahad Mahamad
about 3 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 2 Delivered

NBC Setup process and behaviour

This is follow up case related to TS005717195. During our last A-Sale time , 55% of lines weren’t optimized for the 5/17-5/23 due to NBC setup not done properly for node 199. We know that if the NBC setup was not done properly for any node , then ...
about 3 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Delivered

Need ability to specify the Node for which the Inventory Activity records should be created

Request to keep the createInventoryActivity API or add the feature of adding the Inventory activities for the given store automatically.
about 3 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Delivered

Remove Write Access Requirement from Install Dir

As per the below , https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/logged-user-must-have-write-permission-websphere-transformation-extender-installation-directory-windows-operating-systems Write permission is required in the installation directory. This raises ...
about 3 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking 1 Delivered

Need Option to cancel InProgress Move

Store Next Gen : Should provide the ability to cancel the Inprogress move through UI irrespective of Serial availability in SIM. Existing Behaviour : Able to cancel the move which is in Not started state.
about 3 years ago in Store Engagement / Other 0 Delivered

Propagate source DCB information to SNODE when using DATACLAS= keyword

The beauty of zOS-to-zOS COPYs is the inherent ability to automatically transfer the source DCB information to the SNODE side for proper dataset allocations. If the source DCB changes, the process does not need to be altered. This generic process ...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 5 Delivered

999 ISA Control Number

Currently the ISA control number (ISA) always has a value of 000000001 in every 999 transaction that is generated out of compliance. X12.5 Interchange Control Structure section 5.1.2 requires a unique number within a reasonably extended time frame...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Compliance Checking 1 Delivered