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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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Sorting of products based on Availability during a call center product search

Call center currently displays list of products independent of items are available or not. When CSR are having a conversation with customer, they need to spend lot of time to identify products with inventory. There should be a mechanism to either ...
over 4 years ago in Call Center 0 Planned for future release

Reporting Capabilities in PEM

It would be really helpful if PEM is having reporting capabilities on Activities and Partners. This would be really helpful for business.
over 4 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Administration & Configuration 1 Planned for future release

Request for support running Connect:Direct Windows in the CLOUD with new MS Server and SQL

We would like to deploy our C:D Windows into the Cloud using Google Cloud for one instance and Microsoft Azure for another. We would like to see certification for running C:D Windows in those environments as well as supporting MS Server 2016 and M...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 3 Functionality already exists

Rotables Logic Widget

A Functionality around Split Valuation materials to allow for overall right-sizing Core, Repaired, New, Capital materials from SOH and ROP/MAX = How many of each type is needed, how many are "in rotation" where are they, how many are due back eith...
over 2 years ago in Maximo Inventory Optimization 6 Future consideration

Accept Signed EERP Requests OFTP2

I recently went added an OFTP2 connection in PROD between IBM customer Thyssen Krupp and their TP WST. We send the file successfully and TP has confirmed they receive the file successfully put it stays in "processing" status on our side as if they...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator 0 Future consideration

Add support for Global Data Services (GDS) & Application Continuity and Transaction Guard (ACTG)- Oracle 19c

We would like to take advantages of some features Oracle has to offer in the new space which will increase application uptime and availability during database patching. In our environment in order to support rolling patches and ensure application ...
over 4 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Other 0 Not under consideration

View transfer order information in Call Center

We are using procurement transfer order in our current implementation. There was a requirement to see the transfer order details in Call Center, mainly the tracking number while it is in transit. We could see that the Procurement tab at order line...
over 2 years ago in Call Center 4 Not under consideration

Add Additional DL and custom message to the proactive notifications and service disruptions from IBM

0n 7/16, Network disruption at IBM end had impacted the Release order agent to look for GIV inventory instead of IV and closely 5000 orders got cancelled because of this issue. Later we restarted release agent to fix the issue. OMS team did not re...
over 2 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 2 Future consideration

DB Backup and Reset feature

To train guest services users on Sterling OMS functionalities primarily around Call center features, need to refresh the database meaning take a backup of a particular state of the initial order set and later restore the backup so that we can prov...
over 2 years ago in Self Service Tool 3 Future consideration

Access to create new dashboards and configure alerts in Graylog

Creating new dashboards and option to configure custom alerts would provide a better solution overall in terms of analytical reporting and also would help in addressing issues at a faster rate.
over 2 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration