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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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Enhancement Request: API for Automating FS Virtual Roots Creation for SFTP Server Adapters in IBM Sterling B2B Integrator

Dear IBM Team, I hope this message finds you well. I am writing to request an enhancement for IBM Sterling B2B Integrator. Our team is looking to automate the creation of FS Virtual Roots for use with SFTP server adapters. However, we have been un...
4 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / APIs & SDKs 0 Submitted

SCBN B2Bi SaaS Essentials (VAN) - CICS - Automatic Proactive Notifications

Automatic Proactive Notifications – If we have failure to VANs, we require the functionality to email a notification. Also, to have this cover inbound data processing errors on data received from other VANs. What is the problem we are trying to so...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Value-Added Network (VAN) 1 Needs more information

SCBN B2Bi SaaS Essentials (VAN) - CICS - Bulk ID Migrations – competitor VANS have this functionality

Bulk ID Migrations What is the problem we are trying to solve? Not having to manually migrate one id at a time when there is a large migration as it can be very time consuming. What is the impact of how it is currently working? Migrate one id at a...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Value-Added Network (VAN) 3 Under review

SCBN B2Bi SaaS Essentials (VAN) - CICS - Ability to resend mailbags from the MBER screen.

Ability to resend mailbags from the MBER screen. The MBER will show expired mailbags - mailbags that haven't been acknowledged by another VAN within the time window. Van Admin then contacts the other VAN to confirm if they received and processed t...
about 1 month ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Value-Added Network (VAN) 2 Needs more information

Provide ProcessID as top-level field in the InFlight search screen

We would prefer to have the 'Process ID' displayed as a top-level field on the InFlight search screen, instead of being hidden under the 'Business Fields' section.
4 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 1 Under review

Request to extend AS2 user password length to 100 or more chars, and/or enable User Identity Key authentication method for AS2

We are unable to accommodate AS2 connections to CPI due to username and password length limitations. This has a risen during a POC with client Haleon who have already commited to a further 6 connections that we currently can't facilitate. We have ...
3 months ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Communication Protocols 3 Future consideration

A feature that will allow users on Config Hub to select envelopes while traversing back and forth.

Traversing to the next page and retaining the selection was working in Config Center/Envelopes. We expect the same behaviour in the Config Hub/Envelopes as well.
5 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 1 Submitted

Monthly Summary Report Enhancement: Add Extrainfo1/2/3 to the Monthly summary report

Enhance the Monthly TP Summary to include the Extrainfo1, Extrainfo2, and Extrainfo3 fields. This addition will allow Ceva to: Sort and filter files within the reports based on these fields, facilitating accurate cross-billing for their customers....
5 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 0 Submitted

Config Center Status message specific to X12/EDIFACT FA’s

We require an enhancement to the C:Center Status message profiles to allow for the selection of 'Input_Doc' as a Target Document when triggering status messages for Functional Acknowledgements (997/CONTRL). Currently, when the conditions 'EDIFACT ...
5 days ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Mapping & Translation 1 Submitted

Individual Status Messaging: On a batched IB EDI File with Deenveloping

Currently, the de-envelope service processes a single file containing multiple ISA/UNB/UNA interchanges by splitting and translating each interchange individually without any preprocess split. However, status messages configured at the de-envelope...
5 days ago in Sterling B2B Integrator / Mapping & Translation 0 Submitted