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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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Connect:Direct Client Identification by the Connect:Direct Server

Connect:Direct, although a peer to peer MFT tool, uses a client - server model as it's underlying architecture. With a client submitting a job to the C:D server, we cannot identify the client server with the current state of affairs if the C:D ser...
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 1 Future consideration

Need the list of all scheduled reports along with corresponding recipient lists

We wanted to receive the list of all scheduled reports along with corresponding recipient lists like which user is part of which report schedule. Unfortunately at this time we don't' have a way to provide that list. It's kind of an automated proce...
over 3 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Allow for friendly names in e-mail configuration for PEM

It would give end users a more friendly e-mail from the PEM system. Our internal groups would like it to be associated with an entity like Partner Engagement Manager rather than text @subdomain.domain.com.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Alerting/Notifications 1 Not under consideration

IBM software needs some form of integrity check / digitally signed agent as proof of authenticity

We have a requirement when obtaining software and need IBM to provide an answer around the following requirement: We need to be able to test the source and integrity of the software being installed in the HSD environments. In my experience, this i...
about 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Other 3 Functionality already exists

Split the SEQ_YFS_TABLE_KEY sequence into potentially each table having its own sequence to use and remove performance bottleneck

SEQ_YFS_TABLE_KEY sequence provides a value for each new record created in the OMS universe. A simplest one-line order being created will insert at least 100 records into various OOB and custom tables. In the peak time when 2k orders being created...
over 3 years ago in Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 6 Not under consideration

developement

to add High Water Mark for max API session to be reported into the statistics
over 3 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 4 Not under consideration

Connect:Direct - Certify SQLServer 2016 Express Edition as a supported database for C:D v.4.7 or v.4.8

Ability to upgrade to the latest software.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Installation & Upgrade 2 Not under consideration

Reorganize the catalog in Call Center

When we load a catalog to Sterling, the items are not in the correct size order, but there is no way to manually reorder or set up a customization to organize these sizes. Therefore, when a user is trying to select a size they have to look through...
over 3 years ago in Call Center 5 Functionality already exists

Add Fields to Order Hub (reference, referenceType, lineReference, segment, segmentType)

We would like to have the option to view the following fields in Order Hub: reference, referenceType, lineReference, segment, segmentType.
over 3 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Functionality already exists

BKFS - Centralized administrator User Provisioning for Control Center

User accounts created in LDAP must also be created in the following GUIs: SFG, SSP, and Control Center. Ability to centralize/ "one time" provisioning for all Sterling software would simplify the system administration.
about 7 years ago in Sterling Control Center Monitor / Administration & Configuration 0 Not under consideration