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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...
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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...
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Ability to see perimeter server status on SSP (i.e. monitioring - running/stopped)

Currently we're unable to see which perimeter servers are active on the Sterling Secure Proxy engines, this in turn can cause issues if duplicates are present. This would mimic the monitoring ability currently in place for adapters.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 0 Not under consideration

Add an API to add/remove/change Users in the access control list

Clients would like the ability to manage a user Group with their own tools (for audit purposes). If they could use an API to modify the MROIO user list, then they could manage the list on their side.
over 2 years ago in MRO Inventory Optimization 2 Not under consideration

Alert mechanism for when Active BPs reach a certain threshold

Customizable alert mechanism of Active BPs - When Active BPs reach a certain threshold alert email should be sent. If we get this option in IBM B2Bi, it will be of great help as it is a proactive measure for Admins / stakeholders who supports IBM ...
over 2 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Administration & Configuration 1 Not under consideration

WorkOrder Purge effeciency

Observation in workOrder purge agent. 1) Multiple getsJobs are getting triggered with EnterpriseCode. 2) yfs_task_queue table doesn't have EnterpriseCode column, which leads to pick unnecessary records for executeJob (multiple enterprise scenario)...
over 4 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 3 Not under consideration

Support SM2 Public Key Algorithm

SM2 is a four-part standard for public key algorithms specified by China. This enhancement is to support the file encryption and decryption by SM2 and perform file exchange with China.
over 2 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Security 1 Not under consideration

Provide read only access to replica DB

There are many known issues with Data extract agent, and IBM cognos is not an option for many clients. Please provide access to the replica DB, especially some sort of mechanism for analytics applications like Tableau.
over 2 years ago in Self Service Tool 1 Not under consideration

To authenticate users/applications based on the Certificates rather than using userid and passwords

Currently, Any user trying to access NDM has to logon with userid and password either manually or via batch jobs. In order to avoid clear text passwords, Users can be authenticated based on certificates.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 0 Not under consideration

SEARCHUP() & SEARCHDOWN() functions should return all matched records, Instead of first match

Currently SEARCHUP() and SEARCHDOWN() functions return only single object. We need the functionality for these functions to return all matched records instead of one similar to how EXTRACT() function returns data. Using EXTRACT() on large data set...
over 4 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / Maps & Type Trees 1 Not under consideration

Use entire width of PEM UI Design Window

No description provided
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 0 Not under consideration

Copy/Paste Mappings

Currently every time you map an object you need to go through the picker. If mappings are the same or similar it would save time to be able to copy and paste them.
almost 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Usability 0 Not under consideration

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