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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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Schedule Shutdowns of Managed Connect Direct Servers

It would be nice if there were a way to schedule the shutdown of some of our managed Connect Direct servers. For us, it would be for Windows and UNIX (AIX and Linux). Connect Direct z/OS is managed by a different team here.
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 1 Delivered

Arranging files from recent to old timestamp by default in myfilegateway.

Currently, the files will arrange from oldest to newest files by default. When the file count is more in mailbox, it is taking quite a long time to rearrange . It will useful when the
over 6 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 0 Delivered

Add Order Optimizer user role for view only access to all screens

Add an Order Optimizer role to enable users to view all current screens / data / configurations / reports while prohibiting saving modifications. This new 'view only' role would allow for supporting resources to view current settings or other UI b...
over 6 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Delivered

Order Optimizer PDT user interface / experience improvements

In order to improve the general usability in the Order Optimizer Parameter Deployment Tool the following user interface revisions are being requested.1. highlight / shade or in some way visually differentiate child node level PDT configurations th...
over 6 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Delivered

Add option to automatically inherit Order Optimizer PDT settings for newly added nodes

Provide a system setting to enable automatic inheriting of Order Optimizer Parameter Deployment Tool settings when a new node is added to Order Optimizer for the first time. This inherit would be a onetime activity when the node is initially added...
over 6 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Delivered

Enable future scheduling for Order Optimizer PDT

Enhance the Order Optimizer Parameter Deployment Tool (PDT) to allow users to schedule a future effective date and time for model parameter changes. These future dated configurations would enable users to schedule Order Optimizer behavior to chang...
over 6 years ago in OMS - Intelligent Promising 0 Delivered

Industry Govenance - Mandatory Requirement - ebMS Header Validation

Sunsuper operates an ebms AS4 gateway which interacts with the Australian Taxation Office and the Superannuation Transaction Network (STN). As part of being a participant in STN, Sunsuper has become a member of the Gateway Network Governance Body ...
over 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / B2B Advanced Communications 1 Delivered

Test and Certify Control Center 6.0.0.1 and 6.1.1 for Windows Server 2016

Shops that are setting up new server environments are starting to move towards Windows Server 2016. Having versions 6.0.0.1 and 6.1.1 both tested and certified to run on Windows Server 2016 would help keep the server environments more standardized...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Usability 1 Delivered

When will SI support Microsoft SQL Server 2016?

We are upgrading to SI 5.6.3 and I see that only up to Microsoft SQL Server 2014 is supported. When will Microsoft SQL Server 2016 be supported? Will it ever be supported by SI 5.6.3? The client is upgrading all their other applications to SQL Ser...
over 6 years ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Installation & Upgrade 1 Delivered

BNSF is requesting AAR & X12 EDI 7050 standards for Websphere Data Interchange translator. The standards will be available at Washington Publishing by the middle of April, 2018. BNSF is requesting IBM to provide the EDI 7050 version for the AAR and X12 standards no later than middle of July, 2018.

I need the 7050 version of the X12 and AAR standards for the EDI transactions 161, 404, 417, 418, 419, 420, 425, 427, 440, 824, and 998. The Rail industry is requesting all railroads to upgrade the named transactions to version 7050. Railinc has s...
over 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender 0 Delivered