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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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Allocation Safety factor separate from availability safety stock for SHP and PICK delivery methods

We want the ability to shut off the selling of an item using safety factor by setting the safety factor for the item above inventory availability levels but still let orders accumulated in the system be allocated to nodes with availability. In the...
almost 7 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

BPN Tool - improve Audit Log search to show more relevant results

We use BPN TOOL - Audit Log to identify what routing rules have been added, changed deleted. I found that when I searched for rule name containing "SGM" that had one of the assignments updated recently, it did not show me the updated rule. I had t...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Other 0 Future consideration

Add BCC functionality in the API sponsors/{sponsorContext}/sendemail.

Currently using this API we can send email to any number of recipients but the problem is that their email addresses are in TO section. Now, if the notification is for one specific customer only then it does not give any issues because even if the...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / APIs & SDKs 0 Planned for future release

Tool to monitor cert expiry

We want to put an alerting mechanism to monitor cert expire so we can proactively plan.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Functionality already exists

Support long connection for large volumes of small files

Our competitor, Tongtech, provide a file transfer tool based on MQ to transfer files and support long connection which means if doesn't need to initiate a new session for each repective files which really lead to a high performance for large volum...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 1 Not under consideration

Option to disable Connect Direct Web Services web page

Current version of Connect Direct Web Services software provides two interfaces - RESTful API and webpage GUI access. Software should allow to disable web GUI access.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 1 Planned for future release

JSON Outputs are Getting Generated with Indentation Turned OFF

JSON Outputs are Getting Generated with Indentation Turned OFF In ITX Map : When we Import JSON File as a Type Tree, Output Layout by default is getting generated with Indentation Turned off. Currently below are Missing in ITX Type Tree. When we...
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Not under consideration

BKFS - Centralized administrator User Provisioning for SEAS

User accounts created in LDAP must also be created in the following GUIs: SFG, SSPcm, Control Center. Ability to centralize/ "one time" provisioning for all Sterling software would simplify the system administration.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling External Authentication Server / Administration & Configuration 0 Future consideration

The need to sometimes have audit / trace created in the locations compiled in when using the REST API of ITX version 10

Observed that when Directory name is set as "Custom" and relative path is mentioned - Audit/Trace File is not created in relative path directory with mentioned name when audit and trace settings is set to "ON" and maps are triggered using REST API...
over 2 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Not under consideration

SSP Authentication APIs

SFG REST APIs could send/receive files however for the external trading partners this is not possible with SSP in between
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / APIs & SDKs 0 Not under consideration