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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...
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...

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APIs should be idempotent

In distributed application architecture, if the APIs are not idempotent duplicate data issues can occur. e.g. duplicate requests for Reservation blocks inventory for other customers.
over 5 years ago in Inventory Visibility 1 Delivered

Certificate-based authentication support for Connect:Direct RESTful API

Connect:Direct Java API supports certificate-based authentication. IBM Sterling Control Center also can use certificate-based authentication to connect and manage Connect:Direct settings. However latest version of RESTful API supports only user/pa...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct / APIs & SDKs 2 Delivered

Adding Multiple Trading Partner ID/Name relationships in Inflight

Whenever we onboard a Customer on SCBN, as part of setup we need to add Trading Partner ID and Name Relationship in Trading Partner Names tab manually. Any medium size project has TP counts varying from 100-300 Trading Partners. Adding 300 entries...
over 5 years ago in Sterling B2B Integration SaaS / Inflight 6 Delivered

Allow longer string compares in Modal Logic in C:D Z/OS processes

See PMR 23729,060,618 In Connect Direct z/OS Processes a recent NF Apar allowed to check Variables IF (&TEST EQ C'NO') THEN .. But this is limited to 8 char according to our findings in PMR "The description should have noted that when usin...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Connect:Direct for Z/OS 2 Delivered

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 5 years ago in Sterling Control Center Director 1 Delivered

Configure Global Safety Stock by Node Type

Environment DetailsCoC - 18.2 Business Requirement:Consider the following scenario to better explain the exact requirement - Item ID - 123Onhand Inventory in DC - 100Onhand Inventory in Stores (all stores combined) - 100Safety Factor (DC) - 0Safet...
over 5 years ago in Inventory Visibility 3 Delivered

Sterling External Authentication Server High Availability Scenario Failover Mechanism Needs

Hi, We would like to extend the options of failover scenarios in SSP-SEAS integration. In high available configuration, where there are two active SEAS, when one of the servers are down, the other takes over the others responsibilities. However,...
over 5 years ago in Sterling Secure Proxy / Usability 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 5 years ago in Sterling File Gateway / Usability 0 Delivered

Send Email API should take any name template (including new ones, not just existing)

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over 5 years ago in Sterling Partner Engagement Manager 2 Delivered

Show the file name on the "Upload new" page

When uploading spreadsheets to SCI, when I get to the page "Upload new" I sometimes forget which file (if I have many) that I just dragged and dropped. Would be nice to see the actual file name right on that screen as a reminder.
over 5 years ago in Supply Chain Insights / Data Management 1 Delivered