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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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In Watson Response in Resolution Room - add link to Ops Center Data

As every user I would like the ability to have a link in the answer (to an Ops Center question), which will take me to more detailed information related to my question in the Ops Center, so that I can have a more clear vision of the issue.Ops Cent...
over 5 years ago in Supply Chain Insights / Ask Watson 0 Not under consideration

Adding in additional triggers for alt.comm.outbound

The idea behind this is to allow alt.comm.outbound to be triggered for other situations. Such as TCP timeouts after a session had been initiated.
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Administration & Configuration 2 Not under consideration

Update SNMP support to v3

Security benefits, as per security issues detailed here: https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA17-156A
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Security 2 Not under consideration

Report for identifying item / node combinations most at risk for stockout or markdown

Add an Order Optimizer report to identify item / node combinations currently most at risk for a stockout or markdown (using the WOO Inventory Model's science)This report would ideally be available online within the Dashboard (or a link from the Da...
almost 6 years ago in Fulfillment Optimizer / Reporting 0 Not under consideration

Allocation Safety factor separate from availability safety stock for SHP and PICK delivery methods

We want the ability to shut off the selling of an item using safety factor by setting the safety factor for the item above inventory availability levels but still let orders accumulated in the system be allocated to nodes with availability. In the...
almost 6 years ago in OMS - Order Management (OnPrem & OMoC) 1 Not under consideration

Support long connection for large volumes of small files

Our competitor, Tongtech, provide a file transfer tool based on MQ to transfer files and support long connection which means if doesn't need to initiate a new session for each repective files which really lead to a high performance for large volum...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / Performance 1 Not under consideration

JSON Outputs are Getting Generated with Indentation Turned OFF

JSON Outputs are Getting Generated with Indentation Turned OFF In ITX Map : When we Import JSON File as a Type Tree, Output Layout by default is getting generated with Indentation Turned off. Currently below are Missing in ITX Type Tree. When...
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Transformation Extender / WTX Maps & Type Trees 0 Not under consideration

SSP Authentication APIs

SFG REST APIs could send/receive files however for the external trading partners this is not possible with SSP in between
almost 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / APIs & SDKs 0 Not under consideration

Rich Text Functionality for Labels

Would like to be able to change the font style, size and color within one single label. Currently you are required to have multiple labels if you want different text formatted differently.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager / Workflows 0 Not under consideration

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.
about 6 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 0 Not under consideration