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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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File Agent Rule Definition Panel: Capability to use the same arguments in the "process name" field as in "process arguments"

We would like to create a very dynamic approach for the definition of file agent rules using the "monitor subdirecctory feature" and a model for subdirectory structures containing the cdp process file name.
about 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 3 Future consideration

Add support for date or variable date to be added to Report names and Email Subjects on Reports

When using Control Center to automate a daily report to provide all the previous days transmission details from our Connect:Direct instance the CC monitors we would like to indicate a date of previous day in the report name created but we could li...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Reporting 2 Future consideration

Tracing User Activity Across Multiple Sterling Applications

We are frequently receiving some requirements from the business regarding user activity for different applications(for ex: Call Center for Commerce, Sterling Business Center, IBM Store) which they are currently using. For some users we are prov...
about 5 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

Fix the migration of envelopes from Sterling B2B Integrator and ITXA

When we export envelope from SI and import to ITXA, we are missing some configuration. Please see the word document attached. I am also attaching XML export file where you can find the UNH_DEFAULT_OUT envelope.
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

Store Associate should have visibility entire order when fulfillement is pending by another location (transfer to pick scenarios)

For orders which are partially fulfilled by a store (eg BOPIS order being partially transferred from another store or DC), the store user does not have visibility to the entire order picture, thus is unable to service the customer's request of fin...
about 5 years ago in Store Engagement / Usability 0 Future consideration

Templatize field configuration settings in Order Hub and apply to multiple users

In Order Hub, users can view to display only the relevant attributes by modifying the field configurations in almost every screen. While this feature is very useful, every user needs to be perform this activity once initially. When there are a lar...
over 2 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Future consideration

Global Mailbox's Cassandra and ZooKeeper's SLES support

Having the ability to install CAS and ZK on SLES, avoiding mixed environments on existing installations (SLES for B2Bi and RHEL for CAS/ZK)
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Global Mailbox 0 Future consideration

Enable to configure property maxNumberOfWSMQSuiteConnections greater than 500

There are clients who need more than 500 connections to MQ, 500 is a value so small. File where is configured wsmq.properties.in Description of property: # PROPERTY_NAME : maxNumberOfWSMQSuiteConnections ## PROPERTY_TYPE : Integer ## PROPERTY_DESC...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Enhance the MQ adapters to allow the Connectivity to Gateway Queue Managers

Due to performance considerations, it's necessary to load balance the high volume loading of queue managers. We need the ability to connect to MQ Gateway queue managers and allow them to facilitate the balancing of data across the multiple queue m...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Adapters 0 Future consideration

Sterling B2Bi File Transfer Report type should include filename field.

The Sterling B2Bi File Transfer Report in the report configuration editor has a selection on filename for filtering on filename but the name of the files is not a field in the report. If it is selection value why isn’t it a report value? Wouldn't ...
about 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor 0 Future consideration